臥蠶眉

See also: 卧蚕眉 and 臥蚕眉

Chinese

		a reclining silkworm; eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (臥蠶眉)		臥蠶	眉
simp. (卧蚕眉)		卧蚕	眉

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's (pictured above) eyebrows are described as 臥蠶眉.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wòcánméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wòcánméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòcánméi
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴-tsʻan²-mei²
    • Yale: wò-tsán-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohtsarnmei
    • Palladius: воцаньмэй (vocanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰän³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

臥蠶眉

1. (literary) eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm