眉来眼去 — Chinese idiom
眉来眼去
méi lái yǎn qù
Traditional: 眉來眼去
Meaning
- to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
Character by character
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
- 去qùto go away, to leave, to depart
Idioms sharing a character
- 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
- 愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn
- 慈眉善目 cí méi shàn mù
- 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
- 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
- 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí
- 白眉赤眼 bái méi chì yǎn
- 白首齐眉 bái shǒu qí méi
- 眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào
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