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扬眉

yáng méi

2-character word Traditional 揚眉

What 扬眉 means

1. to raise eyebrows

The characters in 扬眉

• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 眉méieyebrow; upper margin

Sounds the same

Read yáng méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杨梅red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry

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