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愁眉苦脸
chóu​méi​kǔ​liǎn HSK7

to wear a miserable look

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 chóu​méi​kǔ​liǎn
to wear a miserable look
to have a worried or distressed look on one's face; to pull a long face; to frown with a miserable expression

Frequency

Written text
1.13 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 面有忧色 miàn​yǒu​yōu​sè

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)