獐頭鼠目

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Chinese

river deer; roebuck head; (noun suffix) rat; mouse
 
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
trad. (獐頭鼠目)
simp. (獐头鼠目)
alternative forms 麞頭鼠目獐头鼠目
Literally: “with the head of a buck and the eyes of a rat”.

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Idiom

獐頭鼠目

  1. repulsively ugly and sly-looking; ugly and shifty; having a mean physiognomy; obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking