撇嘴
piě zuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
撇嘴
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- to curl one's lip
- to twitch one's mouth
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
- 2 grinning from ear to ear
- 3 mouth agape
- 4 gobsmacked
- 1 lively discussion with everybody talking at once
- 1 to hold one's tongue
- 2 Shut up!
Idioms (20)
八字没一撇
- 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
- 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
- 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
- 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
- 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
- 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
- 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
- 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
- 3 no sign of success yet
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted