狼眼鼠眉 — “To describe a person with a fierce, sinister, or menacing appearance”
狼眼鼠眉 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a person with a fierce, sinister, or menacing appearance”. Having an evil-looking countenance. Literally, “Wolf eyes and rat eyebrows”.
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狼眼鼠眉 Pronunciation and Pinyin
狼眼鼠眉 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 狼眼鼠眉
那个陌生人，一副狼眼鼠眉的样子，让人觉得他有些不好接近。
That stranger, with a fierce and somewhat sinister look, made people feel he was difficult to approach.
Idioms Related to 狼眼鼠眉
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- láng狼qián前hǔ虎hòu后escape one danger only to fall into another
- láng狼hào号guǐ鬼jiào叫wail and shriek mournfully
- láng狼háo号guǐ鬼kū哭wailing like wolves and crying like ghosts
- láng狼chī吃fú幞tóu头suffer in silence
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎yàn咽gobble up food hastily and greedily
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎shì噬ruthlessly exploit with extreme avarice
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎cān餐eat very quickly and ravenously
- láng狼háo嗥gǒu狗jiào叫tumultuous racket of unruly people
- láng狼háo嗥guǐ鬼jiào叫to shriek and wail mournfully
- láng狼háo嚎guǐ鬼jiào叫eerie howling and screaming
- láng狼duō多ròu肉shǎo少too many competitors for limited resources
- láng狼bēn奔tù兔tuō脱flee in panic
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Open the tool →Questions about 狼眼鼠眉
What does 狼眼鼠眉 mean?
狼眼鼠眉 (láng yǎn shǔ méi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a person with a fierce, sinister, or menacing appearance”.
How do you pronounce 狼眼鼠眉?
狼眼鼠眉 is pronounced láng yǎn shǔ méi in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 狼眼鼠眉 literally mean?
Literally, 狼眼鼠眉 means “Wolf eyes and rat eyebrows”. It is used to mean “to describe a person with a fierce, sinister, or menacing appearance”.
What is the Chinese definition of 狼眼鼠眉?
形容人相貌凶恶。