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粵語辭叢

蛇頭鼠眼

se4 tau4 syu2 ngaan5included in 4 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

形容樣貌睇起嚟狡猾奸詐,唔可靠、唔老實 (used to describe a cunning-looking person who is unreliable and dishonest; a shifty-eyed person with a crafty and wily look ; literally 'to have the head of a snake and eyes of a rat')

形容詞
維基辭典YuePhrase

Original phonetic: /sɛː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

to look ugly and shifty; to be obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking

粵語辭源: 357_5CantonWord

Original phonetic: se4 teo4 xu2 ngan5

賊頭賊眼。(饒秉才等:2020:376)

References:
  • 我看這嚴二~,大非良善之輩。(清·佚名《海公大紅袍全傳》卷十第十回葉二,清道光刊本)
廣州方言詞典: 588CantonWord

形容人的相貌,象徵陰險、狡猾