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臥蠶

臥蠶

See also: 臥蚕

Chinese

to lie; to crouch silkworm
trad. (臥蠶)
simp. (卧蚕)
Literally: “a reclining silkworm”.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's (pictured above) eyebrows are described as 臥蠶眉.
Vivian Hsu has prominent under-eye 臥蠶.
A baby with under-eye 臥蠶.

Noun

臥蠶

  1. (literary) eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm
  2. narrow under-eye bags as a babyface feature, viewed as attractive.

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