须发 (鬚髮)
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Pinyin
Definition
须发 (鬚髮)
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- hair and beard
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
不让须眉
- 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
- 2 to be a match for men
- 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
令人发指
- 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
千钧一发
- 1 a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
- 2 imminent peril
- 3 a matter of life or death
怒发冲冠
- 1 lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
- 2 fig. seething in anger
- 3 raise one's hackles
披头散发
- 1 with dishevelled hair (idiom)
- 2 with one's hair down