green-faced and long-toothed; fiendish; terrifying appearance
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
have a fiendish, terrifying, or ferocious appearance
literaryUsed to describe someone or something (e.g., a demon, villain, or mask) with a grotesquely fierce and frightening face. Often carries a literary or vivid descriptive tone.
Miào庙
lǐ里
de的
guǐ鬼
guài怪
diāo雕
xiàng像
gè个
gè个
qīng青
miàn面
liáo獠
yá牙
，
shí十
fēn分
xià吓
rén人
。
The demon statues in the temple are all green-faced with long fangs, very frightening.
Tā他
zài在
gù故
shi事
lǐ里
bèi被
miáo描
huì绘
chéng成
yī一
gè个
qīng青
miàn面
liáo獠
yá牙
de的
è恶
mó魔
。
In the story, he is portrayed as a green-faced, long-toothed demon.
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Nà那
gè个
miàn面
jù具
zuò做
de得
qīng青
miàn面
liáo獠
yá牙
，
xiǎo小
hái孩
zi子
kàn看
le了
zhí直
kū哭
。
That mask was made to look fiendish; the children cried as soon as they saw it.
Bié别
kàn看
tā他
xiàn现
zài在
cí慈
méi眉
shàn善
mù目
de的
，
fā发
qǐ起
huǒ火
lái来
jiǎn简
zhí直
qīng青
miàn面
liáo獠
yá牙
。
Don't be fooled by his kind appearance now; when he gets angry, he looks absolutely ferocious.