face others with frowning brows and angry eyes(héng méi nù mù)

face others with frowning brows and angry eyes

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h é NGM é in ù m ù, which means the eyebrows are erect, eyes are wide open and glaring. It is often used to describe a strong or tough look. It comes from Chen Yu's poem quoted from jianjielu by He Guangyuan in the late Shu period of the Five Dynasties.

The origin of Idioms

He Guangyuan's jianjielu in the late Shu period of the Five Dynasties quoted Chen Yu's poem: "if you are angry and angry, you will be the powerful God of Yan Fu. It's not the mud that makes the Han people, the incense that makes the snake people. " In Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines of the Qing Dynasty, Chapter 21: "not for a while, I just heard a lot of footsteps in the yard, and a group of people with angry eyes and protruding chest came in early."

Idiom usage

In Lu Xun's a new edition of the story: non attack: "Mozi patted the bronze animal ring and knocked several times, only to find a doorman who came out of the door."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms] horizontal eyebrows, horizontal eyebrows [synonyms] horizontal eyebrows, fierce, fierce, evil, cold as ice [antonyms] kind, pleasant, amiable

Chinese PinYin : héng méi nù mù