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The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á NGM é ISH ù nm ù, which means to be angry; one eyebrow at a time, in a twinkling of an eye; describes a very short time; pays close attention to it; complains. It comes from Dunhuang Bianwen Collection - Bianwen of subduing the demons.

The origin of Idioms

"Dunhuang Bianwen collection · JiangMo Bianwen": "walking is like running electricity, suddenly like whirling, raising eyebrows and blinking eyes, afraid to move four sides."

Idiom usage

It refers to facial expression.

Examples

Song Lian of Ming Dynasty wrote the word order of the sixth meeting of Chan Master burning stone: "if you raise your eyebrows and blink of an eye, you often say that you have already realized it. How easy it is to realize it!"

Ming guiyouguang's Shi Xu Sheng Shu says, "the inferiority of the world's learning is to aim at the imperial examination as the first thing. Only when the world's Heroes raise their eyebrows in a blink of an eye can they seek to stop."

Dai Mingshi in the Qing Dynasty wrote in his postscript to Zhao Mengfu's paintings: "I was tired of painting and calligraphy with my son Angshi, and the other side raised his eyebrows and blinked, so he was named after himself and fell into a terrible crime without knowing it."