眼 yǎn
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yǎn
noun
eye
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 1; Kroll 2015 '眼' 1, p. 529; NCCED '眼' 1) -
yǎn
measure word
measure word for wells
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 m; GHC '眼' 4; Kroll 2015 '眼' 4, p. 529; NCCED '眼' 4) -
yǎn
noun
eyeball
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 眼珠 (GHC '眼' 1; Kroll 2015 '眼' 1, p. 529) -
yǎn
noun
sight
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眼' 1a, p. 529) -
yǎn
noun
the present moment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眼' 1b, p. 529) -
yǎn
noun
an opening; a small hole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 2; GHC '眼' 3; Kroll 2015 '眼' 2, p. 529; NCCED '眼' 4) -
yǎn
noun
a trap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 4; NCCED '眼' 3) -
yǎn
noun
insight
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '眼' 5) -
yǎn
noun
a salitent point
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 3; NCCED '眼' 6) -
yǎn
noun
a beat with no accent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: (NCCED '眼' 7) -
yǎn
verb
to look; to glance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 v) -
yǎn
verb
to see proof
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 见证 (GHC '眼' 5)
Contained in
- 心眼好 well-intentioned; good-natured; kindhearted
- 眼观六路耳听八方(眼觀六路耳聽八方) the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 眼红(眼紅) to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious
- 鱼眼镜头(魚眼鏡頭) fisheye lens
- 金眼鹛雀(金眼鶥雀) yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
- 贼眉鼠眼(賊眉鼠眼) shifty-eyed; crafty-looking
- 心眼 intention; consideration; thoughtfulness ; mind and eye ; cleverness; intelligence
- 栱眼 a bracket eye; apophyge
- 眼药(眼藥) eye drops; eye ointment
- 做眉做眼 to frown
- 看走眼 to make an error of judgment; to be taken in
- 翻白眼 to roll one's eyes
- 碍眼(礙眼) to be an irksome presence ; what one sees; to see something one would prefer not to
- 眼线笔(眼線筆) eyeliner (cosmetics)
- 眼界 sight; field of vision
- 斩眼(斬眼) to blink
- 八宝眼药(八寶眼藥) eight-jewel eye ointment
- 眼药水(眼藥水) eye drops; eye lotion
- 以眼还眼,以牙还牙(以眼還眼,以牙還牙) an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; to use the enemy's methods against him
- 眼压(眼壓) intraocular pressure
- 肉眼凡胎 ignoramus
- 近在眼前 right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
- 烟熏眼(煙熏眼) smoky eyes look (cosmetics)
- 眼力 eyesight ; knowledge and experience
- 芊眼 luxuiant foliage
- 灶眼 stovetop burner
- 眼中 in one's eyes
- 翳眼 cataract
- 缺心眼儿(缺心眼兒) stupid
- 眼成穿 to watch in anticipation
- 眼科 ophthalmology
- 眼镜片(眼鏡片) lens (in eyeglasses etc)
- 小眼角 outer corner of the eye
- 嗓子眼儿(嗓子眼兒) throat
- 眼尾 outer corner of the eye
- 暗绿绣眼鸟(暗綠繡眼鳥) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- 亲眼目睹(親眼目睹) to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes
- 小心眼 narrow-mindedness; pettiness
- 眼证(眼證) eyewitness
- 阡眼 luxuriant vegetation
- 一板三眼 one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar); scrupulous attention to detail
- 鱼眼(魚眼) fish eye
- 觑着眼(覷著眼) to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
- 好汉不吃眼前亏(好漢不吃眼前虧) a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him
- 眼神不济(眼神不濟) to have poor eyesight
- 独具只眼(獨具隻眼) to see what others fail to see; to have exceptional insight
- 丢眉弄眼(丟眉弄眼) to throw a glance at; to tempt or provoke with a facial expression
- 眼梢 corner of eye near temple
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- 卷73 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 Volume 73: Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 39
- 卷三十七 列傳第二十五: 韓茂 皮豹子 封敕文 呂羅漢 孔伯恭 田益宗 孟表 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 李叔仁 Volume 37 Biographies 25: Han Mao, Pi Baozi, Feng Chiwen, Lu Luohan, Kong Bogong, Tian Yizong, Meng Biao, Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo, Li Shuren History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 35
- 卷70 劉藻 傅永 傅竪眼 李神 Volume 70: Liu Zao, Fu Yong, Fu Shuyan, Li Shen Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 30
- 卷四十五 列傳第三十三: 裴叔業 夏侯道遷 李元護 席法友 王世弼 江悅之 淳于誕 沈文秀 張讜 李苗 劉藻 傅永 傅竪眼 張烈 李叔彪 路恃慶 房亮 曹世表 潘永基 朱元旭 Volume 45 Biographies 33: Pei Shuye, Xiahou Daoqian, Li Yuanhu, Xi Fayou, Wang Shibi, Jiang Yuezhi, Chun Yudan, Shen Wenxiu, Zhang Dang, Li Miao, Liu Zao, Fu Yong, Fu Shuyan, Zhang Lie, Li Shubiao, Lu Shiqing, Fang Liang, Cao Shibiao, Pan Yongji, Zhu Yuanxu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 22
- 卷101 氐 吐榖渾 宕昌 高昌 鄧至 蠻 獠 Volume 101: Di Peoples, Tuyuhun, Dangchang, Gaochang, Dengzhi, Man, Liao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 卷五十五 列傳第四十五 王茂 曹景宗 席闡文 夏侯詳 士瞻 蔡道恭 楊公則 鄧元起 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 55 Biographies 45: Wang Mao, Cao Jingzong, Xi Chanwen, Xiao Houxiang, Shi Zhan, Cai Daogong, Yan Gongze, Deng Yuanqi, Zhang Huishao, Feng Daogen, Kang Xuan, Chang Yizhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 9
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 30 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
Collocations
- 大眼 (大眼) 大眼者為大目 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun — count: 66
- 竖眼 (豎眼) 魏將傅豎眼寇南安 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十七 列傳第十一 王珍國 馬仙琕 張齊 Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi — count: 42
- 竪眼 (竪眼) 益州刺史傅竪眼出巴北 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷8 世宗紀 Volum 8 Annals: Shizong (Emperor Xuanwu) — count: 6
- 眼鼻 (眼鼻) 四面土霧入人眼鼻 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十九 志第十一 五行 Volume 19 Treatises 11: Five Elements — count: 5
- 人眼 (人眼) 四面土霧入人眼鼻 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十九 志第十一 五行 Volume 19 Treatises 11: Five Elements — count: 5
- 眼讨 (眼討) 詔平南將軍楊大眼討之 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷8 世宗紀 Volum 8 Annals: Shizong (Emperor Xuanwu) — count: 4
- 眼遣 (眼遣) 梁州刺史傅竪眼遣息敬紹率眾拒擊 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷9 肅宗紀 Volume 9 Annals: Suzong (Emperor Xiaoming) — count: 4
- 眼大 (眼大) 其眼大者自稱李大目 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs — count: 4
- 眼传 (眼傳) 傅豎眼傳 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷8 世宗紀 Volum 8 Annals: Shizong (Emperor Xuanwu) — count: 3
- 眼分 (眼分) 若慮可寄於眼分 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷四十八 列傳第四十二 儒林 Volume 48: Confucian Scholars — count: 3