横眉冷对千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ

to defy; to treat with disdain

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to defy
  2. 2. to treat with disdain
  3. 3. to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)

Characters

Character Meaning
横 héng HSK 6
horizontal; across; crosswise
眉 méi HSK 5
eyebrow; upper margin
冷 lěng HSK 1
cold; surname Leng
对 duì HSK 1
for; towards; at
千 qiān HSK 2
thousand; see 秋千qiū qiān
夫 fū HSK 2
husband; man; manual worker
指 zhǐ HSK 4
to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; finger