| 眉 | 774B05 52.41 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄇㄟˊ [mei2] , | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) Top margin of page: 眉批 [mei2pi1]↓. (3) Edge of well. (4) The eyebrows, oft. used as denoting facial expression, esp. coupled with 眼: 愁眉不展，愁眉苦臉 knitted eyebrows, preoccupied or sad look; 眉來眼去，眉眼傳情 flirting glance between sexes; 做眉眼 make eyes at; 擠眉弄眼 wink and glance as signal; 直眉瞪眼 stare in anger; 柳眉倒豎 raise eyebrows in anger; 濃眉大眼 with big eyes and thick eyebrows; 眉開眼笑 face melts in smiles; 眉飛色舞 look of exultation; 眉目 [mei2mu4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 眉筆 [mei2bi3], n., eyebrow pencil. 2. 眉黛 [mei2dai4], n., black for painting eyebrows. 3. 眉睫 [mei2jie2], n., eyelashes: 禍在眉睫 disaster close by, like fire already “singeing eyelashes.” 4. 眉急 [mei2ji2], adj. & n., urgent, -ncy; short for 燃眉之急，see [mei2jie2]↓. 5. 眉毛 [mei2mao2], n., eyebrow hair; eyebrow. 6. 眉目 [mei2mu4], n., (1) looks: 眉目傳情 cast glances of love; 眉目清秀 have beautiful, delicate eyes; (2) order and sequence: 有了眉目 have established sequence, have got the main lines (of tangled affair). 7. 眉批 [mei2pi1], n., comment on top margin (oft. in printed editions). 8. 眉梢（兒） [mei2shao1] ([er0]), n., tip of brow or eye, showing nuances of expression. 9. 眉心 [mei2xin1], n., the place where the two brows meet. 10. 眉壽 [mei2shou4], n., long life (old people oft. having long eyebrows): 以介眉壽 best wishes for long life. 11. 眉頭 [mei2tou2], n., the eyebrow region: 眉頭不展 with knitted brows. 12. 眉語 [mei2yU3]1, n., the language of eyes between lovers. 13. 眉宇 [mei2yU3]2, the forehead. | |||||