📖 Meaning
Describes an angry, intimidating expression with furrowed brows and glaring eyes, conveying a hostile and fierce attitude. It is a variant of the more common idiom 横眉努目 (héng méi nǔ mù).
📜 Origin Story
This idiom appears in the modern literary work "The Inspector Ye Ying" (检验工叶英) by the author Nanning. In one passage, defective products are personified as either sighing and complaining about their owner, or as fiercely glaring with furrowed brows to accuse their owner of negligence. It is essentially synonymous with the earlier and more widely used 横眉努目.
💡 Example Usage
他横眉瞪目地质问对方为何出尔反尔。
He glared furiously with furrowed brows, demanding to know why the other party had gone back on their word.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 横眉瞪目
- Pinyin: héng méi dèng mù
- Literal Translation: fierce, brow, glare, eye
- Category: Emotion
- Characters: 4