眉批

jiā shang méi pī

加上眉批

make notes at the top of a page

xiě shang jǐ háng méi pī

写上几行眉批

put down several lines of notes at the top of a page

tā hú luàn zhù le xiē méi pī

他胡乱注了些眉批。

He made notes anyhow in the margin.

tā yī xiàng hěn tǎo yàn nà zhǒng zài shū shang xiě méi pī de xí guàn dàn zhè xiē zhù jiě bù tóng

他一向很讨厌那种在书上写眉批的习惯，但这些注解不同。

He had always hated that writing-in habit, but these remarks were different.