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賊眉鼠眼

简 贼眉鼠眼 · 繁 賊眉鼠眼
Mandarin · pinyin zéi méi shǔ yǎn

Meanings

  1. shifty-eyed
  2. crafty-looking (idiom)
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Characters in this entry

賊
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眉
méi · eyebrows; upper margin of book
鼠
shǔ · rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208
眼
yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
贼
zéi · thief, traitor; kill
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2–2–3–3 · zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caak6 mei4 syu2 ngaan5

Cantonese word readings for 賊眉鼠眼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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caak6 mei4 syu2 ngaan5

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to look shifty or furtive; to look like a crook

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