one 's sidelong glance has the moist gleam of the autumnal waves
Autumn wave is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ū B ō y í ngy í ng, which means to describe eyes full of emotion. It's from Hua Yue Chen.
The origin of Idioms
The sixth chapter of Hua Yue Chen by Wei xiuren of the Qing Dynasty: "looking at the autumn trace again, it has been the autumn wave, silent and silent."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used of women.
one 's sidelong glance has the moist gleam of the autumnal waves
Pick a scorpion and tease a bee - tī xiē liáo fēng
end neither in victory nor defeat - bù fēn shèng fù
run away when going into battle - lín zhèn tuō táo