See also: 臥蚕

Chinese

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to lie; to crouch silkworm
trad. (臥蠶)
simp. (卧蚕)
Literally: “a reclining silkworm”.
 
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's (pictured above) eyebrows are described as 臥蠶眉卧蚕眉 (wòcánméi).
 
Vivian Hsu has prominent under-eye 臥蠶卧蚕 (wòcán).
 
A baby with under-eye 臥蠶卧蚕 (wòcán).

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Noun

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臥蠶

  1. (literary) eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm
  2. narrow under-eye bags as a babyface feature, viewed as attractive

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