眼睛 yǎnjing
yǎnjing
noun
eye
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Measure word: 只 one or 双 pair. The eyes are often used as a metaphor for knowledge. For example, 闭拢眼睛说假话 'to close one's eyes and tell a lie [about something inconvenient]' (Suyu, p. 45; CC-CEDICT '眼睛')
Contained in
- 鼓眼睛 protruding eyes
- 眼睛吃冰淇淋 to be checking out the hotties
- 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀(閉塞眼睛捉麻雀) to catch sparrows blindfolded; to act blindly
- 睁开眼睛(睜開眼睛) to open your eyes
- 没长眼睛(沒長眼睛) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
- 擦亮眼睛 to keep one's eyes open; to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed
- 眨眼睛 wink
- 睁着眼睛说瞎话(睜著眼睛說瞎話) to lie through one's teeth ; to talk drivel
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- 第二回 Chapter 44 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 35 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第六回 Chapter 6 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第三十六回 Chapter 36 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 81 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 25 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 29 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
Collocations
- 眼睛里 (眼睛裡) 偏偏的撞在我眼睛里 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 10 — count: 10
- 拿眼睛 (拿眼睛) 一面拿眼睛不住的覷著鳳姐兒 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 11 — count: 5
- 两个眼睛 (兩個眼睛) 只剩得兩個眼睛 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 5
- 大眼睛 (大眼睛) 大眼睛 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百九回 Chapter 109 — count: 3
- 眼睛珠 (眼睛珠) 兩隻黃眼睛珠 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十九回 Chapter 29 — count: 3
- 眼睛裏 (眼睛裏) 眼睛裏 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 3
- 眼睛肿 (眼睛腫) 只見兩個眼睛腫的桃兒一般 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 34 — count: 3
- 在眼睛 (在眼睛) 不把我放在眼睛里 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 28 — count: 3
- 一个眼睛 (一個眼睛) 教我那一個眼睛看的上 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 35 — count: 2
- 眼睛直竖 (眼睛直豎) 只見眼睛直豎 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 87 — count: 2