獐头鼠目 — Chinese idiom
獐头鼠目
zhāng tóu shǔ mù
Traditional: 獐頭鼠目
Meaning
- lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat
- fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking
Character by character
- 獐zhāngroebuck, hornless river deer
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 鼠shǔrat, mouse
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
Idioms sharing a character
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 傻头傻脑 shǎ tóu shǎ nǎo
- 冤家对头 yuān jiā duì tóu
- 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
- 初露头角 chū lù tóu jiǎo
- 劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn
- 吴头楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
- 品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn zú
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