with aching head and knitted brows

with aching head and knitted brows

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j í sh ǒ UC ù é, which means to describe the appearance of disgust and hatred. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.

Idiom explanation

Head: headache; frown: frown. To describe a look of disgust.

The origin of Idioms

"Mencius · King Liang Hui (Part 2):" he raised his head and frowned and said to each other, "my king is good at drumming. How can I be so good? Father and son do not see each other, brothers and wives are separated. "

Idiom usage

As soon as they hear the word "persuade to donate", the common people will frown and avoid it for fear of not giving up. The reason lies in the two differences of having faith and not having faith. (the 48th chapter of a brief history of civilization by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty)