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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
a glance / a quick look / a glimpse
HSK 7-9
with one's own eyes / personally
HSK 6
wording
HSK 7-9
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
eye-catching
HSK 7-9
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
in a wink
to dazzle / dazzling
HSK 7-9
an all-seeing mind / mental perception / insight / acumen
to survey / to view broadly
glare / dazzling
conspicuous / eye-catching / glamorous
HSK 7-9
longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL:
to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
HSK 7-9
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
to appraise (an antique, a cultural relic, jewelry etc)
to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight
to have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentrate
HSK 7-9
to blink / to wink / in the twinkling of an eye
HSK 7-9
to dazzle / to offend the eyes / dazzling / harsh (light) / crude (colors) / unsightly
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
to make an error of judgment / to be taken in
snobbish / a snob
to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
pinkeye
naked eye
to stare angrily or vacantly
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
facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
to play dumb / to slack off (idiom)
candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元
mouth of a spring or fountain
bias / partiality / to be partial
to shoot a glance at
(to look) with a direct gaze / (fig.) respect; favor
in the blink of an eye
to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance / a disdainful look
cool eye / fig. detached / (treating) with indifference
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
to open one's eyes
suddenly / in an instant
to wink at sb
eye-catching; striking; impressive / sighted eyes; functioning eyes
narrow-minded / petty
heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance
discerning eye
(of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
shifty gaze / furtive glance
electronic eye; bionic eye / surveillance camera; (esp.) traffic enforcement camera
to blink / in an instant / in the twinkle of an eye
artificial eye / glass eye
clairvoyance
mortise / slit
to make eyes / to wink
naked eye / layman's eyes
glaucoma
to take a furtive look at
to take a closer look; to look at (sb or sth) a few more times
to open one's eyes wide / to stare / to glare (at sb) / to scowl
to look askance / cross or wall-eyed
trachoma
myopia / nearsightedness / shortsightedness
brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance
to be dazzled / to not believe one's own eyes
blue eyes
to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
(fig.) to get cross-eyed / to be bewildered
measure in traditional Chinese music / orderliness
to frown
to have eye trouble
to be anxious / to get angry with sb
for no reason (idiom)
to wink
to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
throat
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
from the side of the eye / askance
to turn a blind eye
to appear before one's eyes / pleasing to the eye; nice to look at
hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
stovetop burner
unpleasant to the eye / objectionable
to roll one's eyes
to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself
(idiom) to look at each other, not knowing what to do
orderly / methodical / rhythmical
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
at first glance / at first sight
corn (callus on the foot)
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
throat

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