pretty eyebrows and white teeth

pretty eyebrows and white teeth

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is é m é IH à och à, which means to describe a woman's beautiful appearance. It's from beauty.

The origin of Idioms

In Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru's Fu on beauty: "in the east of my minister's neighborhood, there is a woman with rich and beautiful cloud hair, pale eyebrows and teeth, prosperous face, luxuriant color and bright scenery."

Idiom usage

It is used for women. Example: the story of Jialan in Luoyang, Volume 3, Gaoyang Temple: "Wang has two beautiful concubines, one is Xiurong, the other is Yanzi, and his face is pale and his teeth are pale. When it comes to beauty, she is as beautiful as a neighbor's daughter, as beautiful as lop's God. The fifth volume of Xuan He Hua Pu by Zhao Ji of Song Dynasty