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眼睛yǎn jing
eye
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
眼睛 | yǎnjing, yǎnjīng | |
1. n. eye; eyes | ||
眼睛jing 顏色 - eye color | ||
張開 眼睛 - to open one's eyes | ||
閉上shang 眼睛 - to close one's eyes | ||
你 的 眼睛jing 很 漂亮liang。 - You have beautiful eyes. | ||
光線 太 強,我 的 眼睛jing 有 點 受不bu了liǎo。 - The light was too strong for my eyes. | ||
你 怎麼 在 這兒r 看書 啊,燈光 這麼 暗 的,對 眼睛jing 多 不好 啊。 - Why are you reading here? The light is so dim — it's not good for your eyes. | ||
2. n. (mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand | ||
English > Chinese | ||
eye | ||
1. 名词. 眼 | ||
Components | ||
眼 | yǎn | |
1. (anatomy) eye | ||
2. sight; vision | ||
瞪 了 他 一 眼 - to give him a stare | ||
一 眼 睇 嗮 - to be able to see everything in a glance | ||
3. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening | ||
4. tempo in the opera | ||
一板三眼 - one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm | ||
5. territory in game Go (board game). | ||
6. mesh | ||
7. key point; critical moment | ||
8. (Go) trap | ||
9. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand | ||
10. (Cantonese) | ||
睛 | jīng | |
1. eyeball | ||
2. pupil of eye | ||
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yǎn jing
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