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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
before one's eyes / now / at present
HSK 3
HSK 2
spectacles / eyeglasses / CL:
HSK 4
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
a glance / a quick look / a glimpse
HSK 7-9
tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens
HSK 6
with one's own eyes / personally
HSK 6
an eye for beauty / aesthetic judgment
wording
HSK 7-9
in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
to poke in the eye / (gaming) to place a ward (i.e. vision-granting item) / to keep tabs on (an online discussion etc); to monitor (for updates)
beautiful, expressive eyes
(idiom) sharp-eyed and adroit
to give sb a meaningful look
to see through something at first glance (idiom)
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
HSK 7-9
eye-catching
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
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
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
in a wink
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
to dazzle / dazzling
HSK 7-9
an all-seeing mind / mental perception / insight / acumen
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance
HSK 7-9
eyesight / strength of vision / the ability to make discerning judgments
to survey / to view broadly
glare / dazzling
to have good eyes
(idiom) to greet the eye / to come into view
conspicuous / eye-catching / glamorous
HSK 7-9
longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL:
(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
HSK 7-9
thankless wretch; an ingrate
to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
HSK 7-9
to attract attention; to catch attention
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
white of the eye
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施 (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
eye disease
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
single-lens reflex camera (Tw)
diversionary tactic; smokescreen
eyes
outer corner of the eye
to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight
with fixed attention (idiom)
to have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentrate
HSK 7-9
twitching of eye
one-eyed person
when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
to blink / to wink / in the twinkling of an eye
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
HSK 7-9
to dazzle / to offend the eyes / dazzling / harsh (light) / crude (colors) / unsightly
to give sb a meaningful look
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail
sunglasses
one's eyes / eyeball
eyeball / (fig.) attention
seeing is believing
safety goggles
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
to give sb a meaningful look
to make an error of judgment / to be taken in
sharp-sighted and deft
to act like a snob
place of interest / a place one has one's eye on
snobbish / a snob
hand-eye coordination
to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
ophthalmologist; eye doctor
to shed tears
eye shadow (cosmetics)
small-minded / petty / narrow-minded
perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind)
pinkeye
naked eye
to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
to stare angrily or vacantly
inner corner of the eye
(fig.) to be astounded
safety goggles
large, round eyes (considered beautiful)
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
loophole (for firing) / embrasure
to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left

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