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Meaning of 尖嘴猴腮

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
尖 jiān 嘴 zuǐ 猴 hóu 腮 sāi
gaunt face; wretched appearance (idiom)
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1
人们现在仍然经常用
“
尖嘴猴腮
”
(
ferretface
)
来骂别人
。
尽管这不是来自词源的原因
,
但还是与词汇的演变有着千丝万缕的联系
。
Still, people sometimes throw around the insult "ferret face" and although this isn' t for etymological reasons, there is an etymological connection.