眉頭一縱，計上心來

Chinese

		brows; forehead	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	even if; release; vertical		a stratagem comes to mind
trad. (眉頭一縱，計上心來)		眉頭	一	縱	，	計上心來
simp. (眉头一纵，计上心来)		眉头	一	纵	，	计上心来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méitóu yī zòng, jì shàng xīn lái

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧ ㄗㄨㄥˋ , ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méitóu yī zòng, jì shàng xīn lái [Phonetic: méitóu yí zòng, jì shàng xīn lái]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧ ㄗㄨㄥˋ , ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méitóu yi zòng, jì shàng sin lái
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-tʻou² i¹ tsung⁴, chi⁴ shang⁴ hsin¹ lai²
    • Yale: méi-tóu yī dzùng-, jì shàng syīn lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meitour i tzonq, jih shanq shin lai
    • Palladius: мэйтоу и цзун, цзи шан синь лай (mɛjtou i czun, czi šan sinʹ laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

眉頭一縱，計上心來

1. Synonym of 眉頭一皺，計上心來／眉头一皱，计上心来 (méitóu yī zhòu, jì shàng xīn lái, “knit the brows and a stratagem comes to mind”)