眉清目秀
méi qīng mù xiù
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Good-looking in a clean, gentle way: well-shaped eyebrows and bright, graceful eyes. A compliment on someone's face, said mostly of children and young people.
Mày thanh mắt đẹp: gương mặt thanh tú, sáng sủa. Là lời khen diện mạo, thường dành cho trẻ em và người trẻ tuổi.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “mi thanh mục tú” (mi-thanh-muc-tu). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “眉清目秀” mean?
Good-looking in a clean, gentle way: well-shaped eyebrows and bright, graceful eyes. A compliment on someone's face, said mostly of children and young people. Literally: clear brows, graceful eyes
Is “眉清目秀” formal or informal?
眉清目秀 is generally neutral.