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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「擠眉弄眼」, with its usage explained below.

The idiom 「擠眉弄眼」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Use eyes and eyebrows to signal.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jǐ méi nòng yǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jai1 mei4 lung6 ngaan5

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