横眉怒目 — Chinese idiom
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
Traditional: 橫眉怒目
Meaning
- lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
- to dart looks of hate at sb
Character by character
- 横hénghorizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
- 怒nùanger, passion, rage
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
Idioms sharing a character
- 妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng
- 尸横遍野 shī héng biàn yě
- 枝节横生 zhī jié héng shēng
- 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
- 横刀夺爱 héng dāo duó ài
- 横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn
- 横生枝节 héng shēng zhī jié
- 横空出世 héng kōng chū shì
- 横行无忌 héng xíng wú jì
- 横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng
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