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愁眉苦脸

chóu méi kǔ liǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 愁眉苦臉

愁眉苦脸 (chóu méi kǔ liǎn) means "to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 愁眉苦脸 means

1. to look anxious (idiom)
2. to look miserable

The characters in 愁眉苦脸

• 愁chóuto worry about
• 眉méieyebrow; upper margin
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 脸liǎnface

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