画眉

畫眉
huàméi
noun #35,101

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese hwamei (songbird, Garrulax canorus)
  2. 2 to paint/draw the eyebrows

Examples

Huàméi shì yì zhǒng shànyú míngjiào de niǎo.
The hwamei is a bird known for its singing.
Tā měi tiān zǎoshang dōu huì zǐxì huàméi.
She carefully draws on her eyebrows every morning.

Tips

culture
The bird 画眉 is named for the white 'painted brow' stripe over each eye, as if its eyebrows were drawn on with a brush. The same word covers the cosmetic act of drawing eyebrows — both senses share the literal 'paint-eyebrow' meaning.

Stroke Order

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méi