wear a sad face a long face with knitted eyebrows(chóu méi kǔ liǎn)

wear a sad face a long face with knitted eyebrows

Sad face is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ó um é IK ǔ Li ǎ n, which means frowning and crying. Describe a look of sadness. From the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] frown, frown, smile, smile

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of the third volume of the romance of the west chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "he speaks in front of people and looks sad behind his back."

Idiom usage

The 47th chapter of Wu Jingzi's unofficial history of scholars in Qing Dynasty: "Cheng's father's sad face, he had to go out and go back to those villagers. Chapter 62 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "the daughter-in-law was sad and didn't dare to enter the hall. When she got to the bottom of the stairs, she knelt up and met with a voice. "Chapter 15 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: when Master Zhuang saw these people, he still looked sad and said to them," I think these soldiers are really hateful in this county! Today, we must do justice to you. All the victims' families have been informed by the county's commander that they should all donate money to the poor and give pensions to the rich. I think you've already written your paper. Let me see it first, so that I can share the money with you. "

Chinese PinYin : chóu méi kǔ liǎn