额头 額頭 é tóu forehead syn 小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn 前额 前額 qián é forehead syn 龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn 脑门 腦門 nǎo mén forehead syn 狭窄 狹窄 xiá zhǎi narrow syn 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 狭小 狹小 xiá xiǎo narrow syn 狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn 狭路相逢 狹路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face syn 磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) syn 狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow syn 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn 短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow 羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job syn 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] syn 狭义 狹義 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense 夹道 夾道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 险胜 險勝 xiǎn shèng to win by a narrow margin / to barely win / narrow victory 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 眉间 眉間 méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella 额角 額角 é jiǎo forehead / temples 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths syn 卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed syn 一衣带水 一衣帶水 yī yī dài shuǐ (separated only by) a narrow strip of water syn 局 jú cramped / narrow syn 缝 縫 fèng seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4] syn 夹 夾 gā hold between / lined / narrow lane syn 额 額 é forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount syn 墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn 咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass syn 窄 zhǎi narrow / narrow-minded / badly off syn 颅 顱 lú forehead / skull syn 眯 瞇 mī to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap syn 小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn 偏狭 偏狹 piān xiá prejudiced / narrow-minded syn 隘 ài (bound form) narrow / (bound form) a defile / a narrow pass syn 脑门子 腦門子 nǎo mén zi forehead (dialect) syn 仄 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry) syn 天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn 额骨 額骨 é gǔ frontal bone (forehead) 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn 条案 條案 tiáo àn long narrow table syn 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 褊 biǎn narrow / urgent syn 颡 顙 sǎng (literary) forehead syn 黥 qíng to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead 戋 戔 jiān narrow / small 孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 跼 jú cramped / narrow 艜 dài a long narrow vessel with two masts 頞 è junction of nose and forehead 井蛙之见 井蛙之見 jǐng wā zhī jiàn the view of a frog in a well (idiom) / fig. a narrow view 小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty syn 打小算盘 打小算盤 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter syn 斗筲之器 dǒu shāo zhī qì person narrow-minded and shortsighted 螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street 墨刑 mò xíng corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead 方脸突额 方臉突額 fāng liǎn tū é to have a square face and a protruding forehead (idiom) 眉心轮 眉心輪 méi xīn lún ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead / also written 眉間輪|眉间轮[mei2 jian1 lun2] 眉间轮 眉間輪 méi jiān lún ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead 稽颡 稽顙 jī sǎng kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor) 花黄 花黃 huā huáng yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) 顶牛儿 頂牛兒 dǐng niú r to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads syn 膜拜 mó bài to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship syn 稽颡 稽顙 qǐ sǎng to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor) 印堂 yìn táng the part of the forehead between the eyebrows / yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows syn 逼仄 bī zè narrow / cramped syn 交臂失之 jiāo bì shī zhī to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity syn 仄径 仄徑 zè jìng narrow path 兔径 兔徑 tù jìng narrow winding path 壑沟 壑溝 hè gōu ditch / narrow strip of water / moat 少间 少間 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) 弦月窗 xián yuè chuāng a narrow slit window / a lunette 心窄 xīn zhǎi narrow-minded / intolerant syn 心胸狭窄 心胸狹窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi (idiom) narrow-minded / petty / ungenerous 心胸狭隘 心胸狹隘 xīn xiōng xiá ài narrow / petty-minded 斗筲 dǒu shāo an ancient bamboo container / narrow-mindedness 束狭 束狹 shù xiá narrow (of waterway) / a bottleneck 条几 條幾 tiáo jī long narrow table syn 浅短 淺短 qiǎn duǎn narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial 狭径 狹徑 xiá jìng narrow lane 由径 由徑 yóu jìng to follow a narrow path 窄缝 窄縫 zhǎi fèng narrow gap / slit 细明体 細明體 xì míng tǐ Mincho narrow font 缝子 縫子 fèng zi crack / chink / narrow slit / crevice syn 羯鼓 jié gǔ double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist 蓬心 péng xīn narrow and bending / unkempt interior 蚰蜒路 yóu yan lù lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road 螳蜋捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 