横眉立目
héng méi lì mù
Pinyin

Definition

横眉立目
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héng méi lì mù
  1. to scowl and stare down
  2. to defy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiàn lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
xīn mù
  1. 1 mind
dú lì
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 independence
  3. 3 to stand alone
mù guāng
  1. 1 sight
  2. 2 vision
  3. 3 view
  4. 4 gaze
  5. 5 look
mù qián
  1. 1 at the present time
  2. 2 currently
mù biāo
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 goal
  3. 3 objective
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
mù dì
  1. 1 purpose
  2. 2 aim
  3. 3 goal
  4. 4 target
  5. 5 objective
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
lì kè
  1. 1 forthwith
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 prompt
  4. 4 promptly
  5. 5 straightway
  6. 6 thereupon
  7. 7 at once
lì jí
  1. 1 immediately
lì chǎng
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 standpoint
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
lì mǎ
  1. 1 at once
  2. 2 immediately
  3. 3 promptly
  4. 4 swiftly
jié mù
  1. 1 program
  2. 2 item (on a program)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè],套[tào]
xiàng mù
  1. 1 item
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 (sports) event
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
bù kān rù mù
  1. 1 unbearable to look at
  2. 2 an eyesore
zhōng lì
  1. 1 neutral
  2. 2 neutrality
zhù lì
  1. 1 to stand for a long time
dào lì
  1. 1 a handstand
  2. 2 to turn upside down
  3. 3 to stand on one's head
  4. 4 upside down
guā mù xiāng kàn
  1. 1 to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
  2. 2 to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

Idioms (20)

一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
  1. 1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
  3. 3 can't see the wood for the trees
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
不让须眉
bù ràng xū méi
  1. 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
  2. 2 to be a match for men
  3. 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
伤心惨目
shāng xīn cǎn mù
  1. 1 (idiom) too appalling to look at
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
厉目而视
lì mù ér shì
  1. 1 to cut sb a severe look (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
反目成仇
fǎn mù chéng chóu
  1. 1 to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
名目繁多
míng mù fán duō
  1. 1 names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
  1. 1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
安家立业
ān jiā lì yè
  1. 1 stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
巍然屹立
wēi rán yì lì
  1. 1 to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom)
  2. 2 towering majestically
  3. 3 (of a person) to stand up against sb
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
  1. 1 to fabricate excuses (idiom)
  2. 2 to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
  1. 1 to glower at each other (idiom)

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