眉角

méijiǎo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 outer tip of the eyebrow
  2. 2 facial expression
  3. 3 (Taiwan) the knack / trick of the trade

Examples

Tā méijiǎo wēiwēi yī yáng, xiǎn chū bù yuè de shénsè.
She raised the corner of her eyebrow slightly, showing displeasure.
Zuò zhè yī háng yǒu hěn duō méijiǎo yào xué.
There are lots of tricks of the trade to learn in this line of work.

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In Taiwan Mandarin, 眉角 is borrowed from Taiwanese (bâi-kak) and means knack / unspoken know-how — like saying there's a trick to it. In mainland usage it usually keeps the literal meaning of eyebrow corner / facial expression.

Stroke Order

méi
jiǎo