# 愁眉苦脸 (chóuméikǔliǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 愁眉苦脸 (chóuméikǔliǎn) means “with a worried frown”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: with a worried frown
- Pinyin: chóuméikǔliǎn (chou2 mei2 ku3 lian3)
- Traditional: 愁眉苦臉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 你为什么整天愁眉苦脸的？
  Nǐ wèishénme zhěngtiān chóuméikǔliǎn de?
  Why have you been looking so miserable all day?

## Characters

- [愁](https://hanziro.com/word/chou-worry-about/) (chóu): to worry about; worried
- 眉 (méi): eyebrow; upper margin
- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship
- [脸](https://hanziro.com/word/lian-face/) (liǎn): face

https://hanziro.com/word/chou-mei-ku-lian-with-worried-frown/

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