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64 眉毛上失火
眉毛上失火
─紅了眼。
紅了眼
眉毛如果 著 了火，
眉毛如果 了火
眼睛就會被火照紅。
眼睛就會被火照紅
形容人發怒或貪婪的樣 子 。
形容人發怒或貪婪的樣子
Eyebrows ablaze ─ red-eyed.
If one’s eyebrows were to catch on fire,
the flames would be reflected in the eyes.
This involves a pun on yan-hong meaning
(1) covetous or envious and (2) furious.
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