眉頭一皺，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.)
 to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease a stratagem comes to mind
trad. (眉頭一皺，計上心來) 眉頭 一 皺 ， 計上心來
simp. (眉头一皱，计上心来) 眉头 一 皱 ， 计上心来

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méitóu yī zhòu, jì shàng xīn lái
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧ ㄓㄡˋ , ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄞˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: méitóu yī zhòu, jì shàng xīn lái [Phonetic: méitóu yí zhòu, jì shàng xīn lái]
      • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧ ㄓㄡˋ , ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄞˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: méitóu yi jhòu, jì shàng sin lái
      • Wade–Giles: mei2-tʻou2 i1 chou4, chi4 shang4 hsin1 lai2
      • Yale: méi-tóu yī jòu-, jì shàng syīn lái
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meitour i jow, jih shanq shin lai
      • Palladius: мэйтоу и чжоу, цзи шан синь лай (mɛjtou i čžou, czi šan sinʹ laj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

眉頭一皺，計上心來

  1. knit the brows and a stratagem comes to mind

Synonyms
  • 眉頭一縱，計上心來／眉头一纵，计上心来 (méitóu yī zòng, jì shàng xīn lái)
  • 眉頭一展，計上心來／眉头一展，计上心来
  • 眉頭一放，計上心來／眉头一放，计上心来
  • 眉頭一蹙，計上心來／眉头一蹙，计上心来
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