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Chinese
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eyebrow; upper margin
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eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
simp. and trad.
(眉目)
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眉
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目
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| anagram
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目眉
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Pronunciation 1
Note: vernacular reading.
Noun
眉目
- (literal) eyes and eyebrows
Pronunciation 2
Noun
眉目
- (usually commendatory) facial features
- (figurative) sequence of ideas (in an article)
Derived terms
Pronunciation 3
Noun
眉目
- main points; clues
Synonyms
- 徵候兒 / 征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 意思
- 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
- 端倪 (duānní)
- 線索 / 线索 (xiànsuǒ)
- 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 跡象 / 迹象 (jìxiàng)
- 頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)
- 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
眉目 • (bimoku)
- facial features