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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
tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
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
soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens
HSK 6
with fixed attention (idiom)
in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
ophthalmologist; eye doctor
(idiom) sharp-eyed and adroit
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
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
to feel dizzy
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
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
eyeliner (cosmetics)
to have good eyes
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
white of the eye
eyelid
eye disease
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
to covet / envious
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
eyes
outer corner of the eye
twitching of eye
seeing is believing
to be on the verge of tears
(lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
HSK 7-9
to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
HSK 7-9
to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
one's eyes / eyeball
eyeball / (fig.) attention
to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
sharp-sighted and deft
to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so.
to covet / to envy
eyespot (in lower creatures)
eye shadow (cosmetics)
cobra
(dialect) ability to read situations and respond appropriately
rim of the eye / eye socket
ophthalmology
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
see 眼界
(one's) eyes light up; to be impressed by what one sees
familiar-looking / to seem familiar
puffiness under the eyes / bags under the eyes
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye
eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)
eyelashes
unfamiliar / strange-looking
eye drops / eyewash
eye signal / meaningful glance
a thorn in one's side
sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
sleepy (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睏|困
informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line
a thorn in one's eye / fig. a thorn in one's flesh
to see stars / dazed
to be deaf and blind (idiom)
(dialect) eyelashes
(department of) ophthalmology
eye socket
(bird species of China) spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata)
eye strain
camera oculi / aqueous chamber of the eye
eyes (in literature) / eyesight
intraocular pressure
eyelid
lens (in eyeglasses etc)
in (sb's) eyes
eye stalk (of crustacean etc)
corner of eye near temple
eye disease
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
eyelid
to have a murderous look in one's eyes (idiom)
ophthalmoscope; funduscope
short-sighted
to be dazzled
cornea
a thorn in one's side
eyes
electrooculograph (EOG)
eye drops / eye ointment
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
waiting anxiously (idiom)
sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
to have poor eyesight
euglena (biology)

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