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
- 眼白 white of the eye
- 鱼眼(魚眼) fish eye
- 眼目 eyes
- 眉来眼去(眉來眼去) eyes and eyebrows come and go; to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
- 对眼(對眼) to squint; to one's liking
- 眉开眼笑(眉開眼笑) brows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joy; all smiles
- 霎眼 to blink; in an instant; in the twinkle of an eye
- 碧眼童颜(碧眼童顏) bright eyes and fresh complexion
- 眼内压(眼內壓) intraocular pressure
- 金发碧眼(金髮碧眼) fair-haired and blue-eyed; blonde; of Western appearance
- 眼花撩乱(眼花撩亂) dazzling and chaotic
- 着眼点(著眼點) place of interest; a place one has one's eye on
- 眼界 sight; field of vision
- 眼中钉，肉中刺(眼中釘，肉中刺) a thorn in one's side
- 快速动眼期(快速動眼期) REM sleep
- 眼光短 short-sighted
- 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
- 眼瞎耳聋(眼瞎耳聾) to be deaf and blind
- 戏眼(戲眼) the best part (of a play etc)
- 斜眼 to look askance; cross or wall-eyed
- 卯眼 mortise; slit
- 觑着眼(覷著眼) to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
- 抠字眼(摳字眼) to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
- 眼若点漆(眼若點漆) [beautiful] eyes like dots of lacquer
- 嗓子眼儿(嗓子眼兒) throat
- 斗鸡眼(鬥雞眼) cross-eye
- 双眼视觉(雙眼視覺) binocular vision
- 眼成穿 to watch in anticipation
- 一眼 a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- 斜愣眼儿(斜愣眼兒) to squint
- 眼动记录(眼動記錄) eye movement recording
- 头晕眼花(頭暈眼花) to faint with blurred vision; dizzy and eyes dimmed
- 红眼病(紅眼病) pinkeye; envy; jealousy
- 斩眼(斬眼) to blink
- 眼神不济(眼神不濟) to have poor eyesight
- 跌眼镜(跌眼鏡) to be taken aback
- 眼镜猴(眼鏡猴) tarsier monkey
- 雀盲眼 night blindness
- 老花眼 presbyopia
- 仇人相见，分外眼红(仇人相見，分外眼紅) when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred
- 眼虫(眼蟲) Euglena (genus of single-celled plant)
- 以眼还眼(以眼還眼) an eye for an eye; to use the enemy's methods against him; to give somebody a taste of his own medicine
- 太阳眼镜(太陽眼鏡) sunglasses
- 着眼(著眼) to focus; to concentrate
- 青光眼 glaucoma
- 单眼(單眼) ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye); one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
- 灰腹绣眼鸟(灰腹繡眼鳥) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
- 单眼皮(單眼皮) single eyelid
- 没长眼睛(沒長眼睛) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
- 钻眼(鑽眼) to drill a hole
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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
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 眼龟 (眼龜) 四眼龜見會稽 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十八 志第十八 符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2 — count: 3