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愁眉不展

sau4 mei4 bat1 zin2

chou2 mei2 bu4 zhan3

with knitted brows

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

愁眉不展

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Jul 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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愁 sau4 chou2 cao2 - melancholy; woe
眉 mei4 mei2 - eyebrows
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
展 zin2 zhan3 {zhan5} - open; unfold; visit

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