嚬 [pín]
1. Smile-like expression.
笑的样子。
2. Ancient same as "颦" (pín).
古同“颦”。
3. A type of flowering plant (clover fern). Also known as "四叶菜" (four-leaf vegetable) or "田字草" (field-character grass). A type of fern that grows in shallow water, with soft stems that lie in the mud, branching out with long-stemmed leaves.
一种开花植物 ([En.] clover fern)。亦称“四叶菜”、“田字草”。蕨类植物,生在浅水中,茎横生在泥中,质柔软,有分枝,叶有长柄。
4. See also "píng".
另见 píng。
顰 [pín]
5. Verb: Same as "颦". Original meaning: knit the brows.
同“颦”。本义:皱眉 ([En.] knit the brows)。
6. Open the mouth.
张口 ([En.] open the mouth)。
引: 1. Han Yu's "Poem of the Temple of Luo Pond in Liuzhou": "When the prince mounts his steed to enter the temple, comforting my people, do not frown while smiling."
【引】 1 韩愈《柳州罗池庙诗》:侯乘驹兮入庙,慰我民兮,不嚬以笑。
例: Examples include: frowning brows (嚬眉), frowning and smiling (嚬笑), frowning with sorrow (嚬瘁), frowning and groaning (嚬呻).
【例】 又如:嚬眉(皱眉头);嚬笑(皱眉和欢笑);嚬瘁(皱眉而忧伤);嚬呻(蹙眉呻吟;苦吟)。
7. Open the mouth.
张口 ([En.] open the mouth)。
例: Such as: a yawn (嚬伸).
【例】如:嚬伸(欠伸,打呵欠)。