Playful eEyes

Recently, I came across a strange word in a book on Greek myths, «"παιχνιδοβλέφαρη»", in thea sentence whichthat describes the goddess Aphrodite in a book on Greek myths.

We do not use « » in English

If it were directly translated into English, it may be «read as "with playingful eyelid».s."

They told me that the goddess of love, Aphrodite, is amorous and seemingly makes eyes at male gods as if she was(while/by) flirting.

Makes eyes = flirting, so it cannot be "as if"

They also said there is a similar saying in modern Greek «"to play with her/his eyes»," which means (touting?) others with one’s eyes.

Touting makes no sense here. Touting means to sell something. Do you mean something like "attract others"?

If we say it in Japanese, it corresponds to  流し目, which means glancing at the opposite sex with amorous eyes.

The morest interesting thing is that my Greek friend knows Japanese kanji characters well and taught me the word 媚眼秋波, which means an amorous glance ofat a beautiful woman.

I have never done such a thing though. I was also impressed by how specific and expressive this four-kanji character idiom is.

Only four kanji expressions(characters) can convey such a sensitive and playful situation.

Anyway, it’s very interesting to know that there are common feelings or conceptions on this matter across both the Western and Eastern cultures.

Recently, I came across a strange word, «παιχνιδοβλέφαρη», in the sentence whichthat describes the goddess Aphrodite in a book onabout Greek myths.

They also said there is a similar saying in modern Greek « play her/his eyes», which means touflirting others withusing one’s eyes.

The more interesting thing is that my Greek friend knows Japanese kanji characters well and taught me the word 媚眼秋波, which means an amorous glance of a beautiful woman.