低眉順眼

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	eyebrow; upper margin	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	eye
trad. (低眉順眼)		低	眉	順	眼
simp. (低眉顺眼)		低	眉	顺	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīméishùnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ mei⁴ seon⁶ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīméishùnyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diméishùnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-mei²-shun⁴-yen³
    • Yale: dī-méi-shwùn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dimeishuennyean
    • Palladius: димэйшуньянь (dimɛjšunʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹ mei⁴ seon⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: dāi mèih seuhn ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ mei⁴ soen⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ méi⁴ sên⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ sɵn²² ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

低眉順眼

1. to be submissive and meek
   • 1934, Lu Xun, “從孩子的照相說起”, in 且介亭雜文, 上海三閒書屋, published 1937, page 92:

     但中國一般的趨勢，卻只在向馴良之類——「靜」的一方面發展，低眉順眼，唯唯諾諾，才算一個好孩子，名之曰「有趣」。 [MSC, trad.]
     但中国一般的趋势，却只在向驯良之类——「静」的一方面发展，低眉顺眼，唯唯诺诺，才算一个好孩子，名之曰「有趣」。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dàn Zhōngguó yībān de qūshì, què zhǐ zài xiàng xùnliáng zhī lèi — “jìng” de yī fāngmiàn fāzhǎn, dīméishùnyǎn, wéiwéinuònuò, cái suàn yī ge hǎo háizǐ, míng zhī yuē “yǒuqù”. [Pinyin]

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