| 横眉冷对千夫指 |
héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ |
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy |
| 横 |
héng |
horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent |
| 横 |
hèng |
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected |
| 横眉 |
héng méi |
to concentrate one's eyebrows / to frown / to scowl |
| 眉 |
méi |
eyebrow / upper margin |
| 冷 |
Lěng |
surname Leng |
| 冷 |
lěng |
cold |
| 对 |
duì |
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair |
| 千 |
qiān |
thousand |
| 千 |
qiān |
used in 秋千 |
| 千夫 |
qiān fū |
a lot of people (literary) |
| 夫 |
fū |
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) |
| 夫 |
fú |
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) |
| 指 |
zhǐ |
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end |