愁眉苦脸(chóu méi kǔ liǎn): to look anxious (idiom)
to look anxious (idiom)
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- chóu méi kǔ liǎn
- Meaning
- to look anxious (idiom)
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 愁眉苦臉
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 愁眉苦脸 — tap one to open its word page.
yōu忧chóu愁
HSK 7-9to be worried
fàn犯chóu愁
HSK 7-9to worry
fā发chóu愁
HSK 7-9to worry
jiè借jiǔ酒jiāo浇chóu愁
(idiom) to drown one's sorrows
zhài债duō多bù不chóu愁
(lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)
āi哀chóu愁
sorrow; sadness
duō多chóu愁shàn善gǎn感
(idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy
duō多chóu愁duō多bìng病
much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
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