獐头鼠目

Traditional: 獐頭鼠目

zhāng tóu shǔ mù

Dictionary entry

lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom)

What does 獐头鼠目 mean?

獐头鼠目 (zhāng tóu shǔ mù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom)

2fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking

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獐zhāngriver deer · roebuck 头tóuhead · hair style 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse 目mùeye · (literary) to look; to regard

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獐头鼠目

zhāng tóu shǔ mù

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