颦 (顰) pín
verb
to scowl; to knit the brows
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '顰'; Guoyu '顰' v; Unihan '顰')
Contained in
- 颦眉(顰眉) to knit one's brows; to frown
- 东施效颦(東施效顰) Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown; to mimick somebody's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
- 一颦一笑(一顰一笑) every frown and every smile
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 42 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 48 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 30 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 卷七十三 列傳第三十三 顏延之 Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 49 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 雜文第十四 Volume 14: Miscellaneous Texts The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龍 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 《頻部》 Pín Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 52 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 颦儿 (顰兒) 顰兒急了 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 25 — count: 19
- 颦蹙 (顰蹙) 每顰蹙曰 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 — count: 9
- 效颦 (效顰) 抑亦效顰奴僕而得之乎 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百十四 列傳第一百七十三 史弥远 鄭清之 史嵩之 董槐 葉夢鼎 馬廷鸞 Volume 414 Biographies 173: Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi, Shi Songzhi, Dong Huai, Ye Mengding, Ma Tingluan — count: 3
- 颦颦 (顰顰) 顰顰 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 3 — count: 2
- 颦卿 (顰卿) 見土儀顰卿思故里 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 67 — count: 2
- 辄颦 (輒顰) 輒顰蹙不樂 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百三十 列傳第一百八十九 道學四 朱氏門人 黃榦 李燔 張洽 陳淳 李方子 黃灝 Volume 430 Biographies 189: Taoist Scholars 4 - Zhu Shimenren, Huang Gan, Li Fan, Zhang Qia, Chen Chun, Li Fangzi, Huang Hao — count: 2
- 颦笑 (顰笑) 則顰笑入戾 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十三 列傳第三十三 顏延之 Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi — count: 2