白眉赤眼

báiméichìyǎn
for no reason (idiom)

CEDICT

平白无故。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 白眉 báiméi
  1. (literary) most excellent
  2. most excellent
2 赤 chì
  1. red
  2. scarlet
  3. bare
  4. naked
3 眼 yǎn
  1. (often used with 一 yī) a look; a glance
  2. small hole
  3. (bound form) salient point
  4. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

classifiers: 隻, 雙

Related entries

平白 píngbái
  1. for no reason
  2. gratuitously
无端端 wúduānduān for no reason
没来由 méiláiyóu
  1. without any reason
  2. for no reason
等闲 děngxián
  1. ordinary
  2. common
  3. unimportant
  4. idly
  5. for no reason