眉来眼去
méi lái yǎn qù
Pinyin

Definition

眉来眼去
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méi lái yǎn qù
  1. lit. eyes and eyebrows come and go (idiom); to make eyes
  2. to exchange flirting glances with sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

去
qù
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
过去
guò qù
  1. 1 (in the) past
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 to go over
  5. 5 to pass by
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
下去
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
去世
qù shì
  1. 1 to pass away
  2. 2 to die
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
去掉
qù diào
  1. 1 to get rid of
  2. 2 to exclude
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to delete
  6. 6 to strip out
  7. 7 to extract
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!
去皮
qù pí
  1. 1 to peel
  2. 2 to remove the skin
  3. 3 to tare
去除
qù chú
  1. 1 to remove
  2. 2 to dislodge
回去
huí qu
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to go back
失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
心眼
xīn yǎn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 intention
  3. 3 conscience
  4. 4 consideration
  5. 5 cleverness
  6. 6 tolerance
死去
sǐ qù
  1. 1 to die
眉
méi
  1. 1 eyebrow
  2. 2 upper margin
眉毛
méi mao
  1. 1 eyebrow
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
眉眼
méi yǎn
  1. 1 brows and eyes
  2. 2 appearance
  3. 3 looks
  4. 4 countenance
看上去
kàn shang qu
  1. 1 it would appear
  2. 2 it seems (that)
眨眼
zhǎ yǎn
  1. 1 to blink
  2. 2 to wink
  3. 3 in the twinkling of an eye

Idioms (20)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不让须眉
bù ràng xū méi
  1. 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
  2. 2 to be a match for men
  3. 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
  1. 1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来无影，去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
  1. 1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. 2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
呼之即来，挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around

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