贼眉鼠眼 — Chinese idiom
贼眉鼠眼
zéi méi shǔ yǎn
Traditional: 賊眉鼠眼
Meaning
- shifty-eyed
- crafty-looking
Character by character
- 贼zéithief, traitor; cunning, sly
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
- 鼠shǔrat, mouse
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
Idioms sharing a character
- 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ
- 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
- 擒贼擒王 qín zéi qín wáng
- 民贼独夫 mín zéi dú fū
- 独夫民贼 dú fū mín zéi
- 认贼作父 rèn zéi zuò fù
- 贼喊捉贼 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi
- 关门捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi
- 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
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