niú​tóu​mǎ​miàn

devils in animal forms

  • created sense approved 牛头马面/牛頭馬面 · niú​tóu​mǎ​miàn · devils in animal forms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛头马面 / 牛頭馬面

    niú​tóu​mǎ​miàn

    devils in animal forms

    Attendants of the king of hell in Buddhist mythology; one has the head of an ox and the other the face of a horse.

    牛头 (literal) → 牛头/牛頭 · niú​tóu · Ox-Head 马面 (literal) → 马面/馬面 · mǎ​miàn · Horse-Face

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 牛头马面/牛頭馬面 · niú​tóu​mǎ​miàn · ugly and evil people — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛头马面 / 牛頭馬面

    niú​tóu​mǎ​miàn

    ugly and evil people

    A metaphor for people who are physically ugly and wicked in character.

    牛头 (literal) → 牛头/牛頭 · niú​tóu · Ox-Head 马面 (literal) → 马面/馬面 · mǎ​miàn · Horse-Face

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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