| 皱眉头 | zhòu méi tóu | to scowl / to knit the brows |   |
| 瞪眼 | dèng yǎn | to open one's eyes wide / to stare / to glare (at sb) / to scowl | |
| 横眉 | héng méi | to concentrate one's eyebrows / to frown / to scowl | |
| 怒色 | nù sè | angry look / glare / scowl | |
| 做鬼脸 | zuò guǐ liǎn | to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl | |
| 颦 |  pín | to scowl / to knit the brows | |
| 拉长脸 | lā cháng liǎn | to pull a long face / to scowl | |
| 横眉立目 | héng méi lì mù | to scowl and stare down / to defy | |
| 横眉竖眼 | héng méi shù yǎn | to scowl fiercely / to glare | |
| 横眉冷对，千夫指 | héng méi lěng duì , qiān fū zhǐ | to face a thousand fingers with a cool scowl (modern idiom) / to treat with disdain / to defy | |
| 矉 | pín | to glare angrily / to open the eyes with anger / variant of 顰|颦, to scowl / to knit the brows | |
| 横眉冷对千夫指 | héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ | to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy | |
