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(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
subject; title; topic (CL:個|个) / exercise or exam question (CL:)
HSK 3
item / project / (sports) event / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
amount / number
HSK 5
regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program) / program (TV or radio)
HSK 6
academic subject / field of study
HSK 7-9
mind
HSK 7-9
to focus attention upon
HSK 7-9
blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding
HSK 7-9
eye-grabbing (headline) / striking (illustration)
HSK 7-9
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
HSK 7-9
theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas
HSK 7-9
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
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eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
Diptera (insect order including flies)
name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame
repertoire / program / song / piece of music
television program
(marked) price / tariff (in a restaurant etc)
to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
variety show
true identity / true colors
clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
ringleader / gang leader / chieftain
superorder (taxonomy) / catalog / table of contents
to raise eyebrows / to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation) / shocked / surprised
attention / to stare at / to fix attention on sth
to dazzle the eyes
dazzling (idiom)
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍
vivid in one's mind (idiom)
(idiom) to be a feast for the eyes; to be a cornucopia of delights; to be diverse and abundant
eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies
to make a catalogue / catalogue / list
dazzling / brilliant
table of contents
imam (Islam) (loanword)
eye-catching; conspicuous
(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
as far as the eye can see
rhyme entry / subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)
Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
to look / to raise one's eyes
to wipe one's eyes / fig. to remain vigilant
to begin to take shape / to be about to materialize
(idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance
beautiful and heartwarming
mesh
to let one's eyes rove
lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking
the boss
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes / to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
to dazzle / to inspire awe
to look over
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
general facial appearance; features / arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things
progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome
a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
to open one's eyes wide
eyes
Perissodactyla / order of odd-toed ungulate (including horse, tapir, rhinoceros)
gaudy / glaring / unpleasant to the eyes
lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
(idiom) too appalling to look at
with glaring eyes / glowering
detailed listing / specific item
order Proboscidea (elephants and mammoths)
(literary) to look over / to view
important substance (of a document) / key section
to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes
to stare
to quarrel / to fall out with sb
unbearable to look at / an eyesore
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / fig. amiable looking; benign-faced
Semu
(slang) stupid / moron
item
variant of 嗔目
to close one's eyes / (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)
subheading / specific item
pleasant to behold / attractive
to check the accounts / to take stock
variant of 炫目
chapter title (in a novel)
category
an item in accounts / an entry
sporting event / item on program of sports competition
tearful eyes; to be moved to tears
account
Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)
talk show
(idiom) straight, thick, upward-inclined eyebrows and eyes that are bright and full of spirit; striking, handsome features; dashing, heroic appearance
Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)

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