畫黛彎蛾

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow	bend; bent	moth
trad. (畫黛彎蛾)		畫	黛	彎	蛾
simp. (画黛弯蛾)		画	黛	弯	蛾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàdàiwān'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄢ ㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàdàiwān'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄢ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàdàiwan-é
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-tai⁴-wan¹-o²
    • Yale: hwà-dài-wān-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahdayuaner
    • Palladius: хуадайваньэ (xuadajvanʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ wän⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/

Idiom

畫黛彎蛾

1. (of a woman) having thin and curved eyebrows

   • 生如其教，果見嬌娜偕麗人來，畫黛彎蛾，蓮鉤蹴鳳，與嬌娜相伯仲也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     生如其教，果见娇娜偕丽人来，画黛弯蛾，莲钩蹴凤，与娇娜相伯仲也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1740, Pu Songling, 聊齋志異 (Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio)

     Shēng rú qí jiào, guǒ jiàn Jiāonuó xié lì rén lái, huàdàiwān'é, lián gōu cù fèng, yǔ Jiāonuó xiàng bózhòng yě. [Pinyin]

     This Mr. Kong acceded to, and accordingly saw Miss Jiaonuo come out with a lovely girl―her black eyebrows beautifully arched, and her tiny feet encased in phoenix-shaped shoes―as like one another as they well could be.