眼 yǎn

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. yǎn noun sight
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眼' 1a, p. 529)
5. yǎn noun the present moment
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眼' 1b, p. 529)
6. 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)
7. yǎn noun a trap
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 4; NCCED '眼' 3)
8. yǎn noun insight
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '眼' 5)
9. yǎn noun a salitent point
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 3; NCCED '眼' 6)
10. yǎn noun a beat with no accent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: (NCCED '眼' 7)
11. yǎn verb to look; to glance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 v)
12. yǎn verb to see proof
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 见证 (GHC '眼' 5)

Contained in

• 打眼色 to give someone a look
• 眼屎 gum in the eyes
• 眼帘(眼簾) eyes (in literature); eyesight
• 鸟眼(鳥眼) bird's eye
• 眼白 white of the eye
• 金眼鹛雀(金眼鶥雀) yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
• 眼花了乱(眼花瞭亂) dazzling and chaotic
• 映入眼帘(映入眼簾) to greet the eye; to come into view
• 眼药水(眼藥水) eye drops; eye lotion
• 白眼珠 white of the eye
• 丹凤眼(丹鳳眼) red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
• 第一眼 at first glance; at first sight
• 没长眼睛(沒長眼睛) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
• 眼时(眼時) at present; nowadays
• 满眼(滿眼) filling the eyes; to get an eyeful
• 鼓眼睛 protruding eyes
• 眼底下 in front of one's eyes; in full view as a panorama; right now
• 做眉做眼 to frown
• 白眉赤眼 for no reason
• 熊猫眼(熊貓眼) to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda
• 白眼珠儿(白眼珠兒) white of the eye
• 眼跳动(眼跳動) saccade
• 留心眼儿(留心眼兒) to be on the alert; to keep one's eyes open
• 有板有眼 orderly; methodical; rhythmical
• 耳听为虚，眼见为实(耳聽為虛，眼見為實) Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
• 网眼(網眼) mesh; net
• 眼点(眼點) eyespot
• 望眼欲穿 to anxiously await
• 过眼云烟(過眼雲煙) ephemeral
• 觑着眼(覷著眼) to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
• 现眼(現眼) to embarrass oneself; to make a fool of oneself
• 嗓子眼 throat
• 眼中钉(眼中釘) a thorn in one's side
• 低眼 [You] lowered your gaze
• 眼神不济(眼神不濟) to have poor eyesight
• 眼皮子 eyelid
• 灰腹绣眼鸟(灰腹繡眼鳥) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
• 碍眼(礙眼) to be an irksome presence ; what one sees; to see something one would prefer not to
• 大处着眼，小处着手(大處著眼，小處著手) think of the big picture, start with the little things
• 眼睛 eye
• 眼浅(眼淺) shallow point of view
• 眼角 outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
• 扎眼 garish; dazzling; offensively conspicuous
• 眼见得(眼見得) obviously; clearly
• 睁一眼闭一眼(睜一眼閉一眼) to turn a blind eye
• 眼瞓 sleepy
• 配眼镜(配眼鏡) to have glasses made to one's sight
• 假眼 artificial eye; glass eye
• 媚眼 charming eyes; coquettish glances
• 缺心眼儿(缺心眼兒) stupid

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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
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7

Collocations

• 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
• 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: 29
• 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
• 眼患 (眼患) 眼患風 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十 列傳第四十 孝武十四王 Volume 80 Biographies 40: Xiaowu Shisi Wang — count: 3
• 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