識睇人眉頭眼額 (sik1 tai2 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6 | ) : to be sensitive to the feelings of other people

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識睇人眉頭眼額

sik1 tai2 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6

to be sensitive to the feelings of other people, keenly aware of people's emotions [華]: 懂得看人眉頭眼額

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

識睇人眉頭眼額 / 识睇人眉头眼额

This word has been viewed 1848 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 10th Sep 2009 05:44 and last edited on 10th Sep 2009 06:26

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識 sik1 zi3 - know; remember
睇 tai2 - see; look; read; watch; believe
人 jan4 - person; human being
眉 mei4 - eyebrows
頭 tau4 - head; first; chief
眼 ngaan5 - eye
額 ngaak6 ngaak6*2 - forehead; specified number

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