愁眉苦脸

愁眉苦臉
chóuméikǔliǎn
  1. to look anxious (idiom)
  2. to look miserable

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 愁 chóu to worry about
2 眉 méi
  1. eyebrow
  2. upper margin
3 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
4 脸 liǎn face

classifiers: 張, 個