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  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye (CL:隻|只,雙|双) / (often used with ) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
HSK 2
HSK 2
before one's eyes / now / at present
HSK 3
spectacles / eyeglasses / CL:
HSK 4
tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
with one's own eyes / personally
HSK 6
soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens
HSK 6
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
wording
HSK 7-9
signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance
HSK 7-9
to have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentrate
HSK 7-9
eye-catching
HSK 7-9
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
HSK 7-9
to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
HSK 7-9
to dazzle / dazzling
HSK 7-9
conspicuous / eye-catching / glamorous
HSK 7-9
to blink / to wink / in the twinkling of an eye
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
HSK 7-9
a glance / a quick look / a glimpse
HSK 7-9
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
HSK 7-9
ophthalmoscope; funduscope
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
single eyelid
water hyacinth
sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
(department of) ophthalmology
longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL:
ophthalmoscope; funduscope
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance / a disdainful look
to have good eyes
intraocular pressure
ephemeral (idiom)
to make an exhibition of oneself / to be a disgrace
eyewitness
(slang) stunned; flabbergasted (emphatic form of 傻眼)
(bird species of China) warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
(dialect) vacant look of a drunk or imbecile
to squint
erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼
wink
elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix
(idiom) biased perspective; prejudice
to anxiously await
eye drops / eyewash
eyelid
naked eye
eye-catching; striking; impressive / sighted eyes; functioning eyes
a thorn in one's side
(of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
glaucoma
eye cream
protruding eyes
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
in front of one's eyes
corn (callus on the foot)
to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons
eye drops / eye ointment
eye disease
fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
to be anxious / to get angry with sb
to look askance / cross or wall-eyed
to open one's eyes
trachoma
to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)
the two eyes
tearful eyes
outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
to be blind
eye shadow (cosmetics)
eyesight / strength of vision / the ability to make discerning judgments
(idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
naked eye / layman's eyes
tearful (idiom)
(idiom) sharp-eyed and adroit
eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)
eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
(medicine) sty
garish / dazzling / offensively conspicuous
mesh
to squint / to one's liking
beautiful, expressive eyes
eyes
heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance
to survey / to view broadly
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
to appear before one's eyes / pleasing to the eye; nice to look at
peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
(idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly

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