mien

(thing) by blaaf (5 mon) (print) ? I like it! Tue Feb 08 2000 at 8:49:45

Mandarin Chinese for noodles. (I believe Cantonese is romanized mein, but that is unconfirmed by me.) Hence, pao mien, niou ro mien, and chao mien.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:11:07

Mien (?), n. [F. mine; perh. from sane source as mener to lead; cf. E. demean, menace, mine, n.]

Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen. Pope.

The Raven (The Edgar Allan Porn version)	Tower of generate-and-test	George Washington, Spymaster	The Saw Doctors
The Raven	Now is the Winter of Our Miss Content	chao mien	Saturday Night, Numbah Ten
The Angel's Voice	The Spectre, A Fact	Time filled with encounters that leave no mark on us	The Poetess of Reform
pao mien	Canorous	Irascible	October 21, 2007
Snap	Somnolent	Fick mich in meine tasche	mine
Augustness	Countenance	Adolf Hitler	Laos

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