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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 眼

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "眼"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 眼

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Pinyin yǎn

Radical

目

Strokes

Definition

eye

Usage

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右眼 yòu yǎn

right eye / oculus dexter

双眼 shuāng yǎn

the two eyes

另眼相看 lìng yǎn xiāng kàn

to treat sb favorably / to view in a new light

另眼看待 lìng yǎn kàn dài

look upon one with special respect / treat sb. with special regard

另眼相待 lìng yǎn xiāng dài

give a special treatment / see sb. in a new light / regard sb. with special respect

嗓子眼 sǎng zi yǎn

throat

嗓子眼儿 sǎng zi yǎn r

erhua variant of 嗓子眼[sang3 zi5 yan3]

眼圈 yǎn quān

rim of the eye / eye socket

眼圈儿 yǎn quān ér

Eye circles

媚眼 mèi yǎn

charming eyes / coquettish glances

字眼 zì yǎn

wording

眼屎 yǎn shǐ

gum in the eyes

左眼 zuǒ yǎn

left eye / oculus sinister

睡眼惺忪 shuì yǎn xīng sōng

have a drowsy look / sleepy with eyes half closed

眼帘 yǎn lián

eyes (in literature) / eyesight

映入眼帘 yìng rù yǎn lián

(idiom) to greet the eye / to come into view

挤眉弄眼 jǐ méi nòng yǎn

to make eyes / to wink

眼前 yǎn qián

before one's eyes / now / at present

惹眼 rě yǎn

Eye-catching

独具慧眼 dú jù huì yǎn

can see what others cannot / discern what others don't / have mental discernment

抢眼 qiǎng yǎn

eye-catching

两眼一抹黑 liǎng yǎn yī mǒ hēi

Black eyes

眼拙 yǎn zhuō

Clumsy

描眉画眼 miáo méi huà yǎn

Draw eyebrows

斜眼 xié yǎn

to look askance / cross or wall-eyed

显眼 xiǎn yǎn

conspicuous / eye-catching / glamorous

晃眼 huǎng yǎn

halation

头晕眼花 tóu yūn yǎn huā

to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed

眼晕 yǎn yùn

to feel dizzy

榜眼 bǎng yǎn

candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]

偷眼 tōu yǎn

to take a furtive look at

傻了眼 shǎ le yǎn

Dumbfounded

傻眼 shǎ yǎn

stunned / struck dumb / flabbergasted

眼光 yǎn guāng

gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things

俩眼 liǎ yǎn

Two eyes

眼泪 yǎn lèi

tears / crying / CL:滴[di1]

泉眼 quán yǎn

mouth of a spring or fountain

眼泡 yǎn pào

upper eyelid / vesicula optica

泪眼 lèi yǎn

tearful eyes

浓眉大眼 nóng méi dà yǎn

thick eyebrows and big eyes

猫眼 māo yǎn

peephole / chrysoberyl

猫眼石 māo yǎn shí

opal / cat's eye

猫儿眼 māo ér yǎn

（猫睛石的通称） cat's eye

眼珠 yǎn zhū

one's eyes / eyeball

眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi

eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)

眼球 yǎn qiú

eyeball / (fig.) attention

眨眼 zhǎ yǎn

to blink / to wink / in the twinkling of an eye

眼眶 yǎn kuàng

eye socket / rim of the eye

眼睛 yǎn jing

eye / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]

眼睁睁 yǎn zhēng zhēng

to stare blankly / to look on helplessly / to look on unfeelingly

眼睑 yǎn jiǎn

eyelid

瞟一眼 piǎo yī yǎn

Take a glance

眼疾手快 yǎn jí shǒu kuài

sharp eyes and agile hands or nimble fingers

眼疾 yǎn jí

eye disease / eye problem / eye trouble

眼皮 yǎn pí

eyelid

眉眼 méi yǎn

brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance

眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles

眼看 yǎn kàn

soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens

眨巴眼 zhǎ bā yǎn

Wink

杀人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn

to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded

眼眸 yǎn móu

eyes

一眼 yī yǎn

a glance / a quick look / a glimpse

眼见 yǎn jiàn

to see with one's own eyes / very soon

眼下 yǎn xià

now / at present / subocular (medicine)

眼中 yǎn zhōng

in one's eyes

眼里 yǎn lǐ

within one's vision / in one's eyes

眼神 yǎn shén

expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)

眼色 yǎn sè

signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance

两眼 liǎng yǎn

oculi uterque / oculus unitas

眼镜 yǎn jìng

spectacles / eyeglasses / CL:副[fu4]

耀眼 yào yǎn

to dazzle / dazzling

着眼 zhuó yǎn

to have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentrate

睁眼瞎 zhēng yǎn xiā

Blind

火眼金睛 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng

piercing eyes / discerning eyes

眼睫毛 yǎn jié máo

eyelash / eye-lash

亲眼目睹 qīn yǎn mù dǔ

to see for oneself / to see with one's own eyes

瞎眼 xiā yǎn

to be blind

瞥一眼 piē yì yǎn

cast a glance at / catch a glimpse of

瞪眼 dèng yǎn

to open one's eyes wide / to stare / to glare (at sb) / to scowl

干瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn

to watch helplessly

吹胡子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn

to get angry / to fume

碍眼 ài yǎn

to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)

碧眼 bì yǎn

blue eyes

亲眼 qīn yǎn

with one's own eyes / personally

眼窝 yǎn wō

eye socket

窟窿眼 kū long yǎn

small hole

横挑鼻子竖挑眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn

to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left

横眉竖眼 héng méi shù yǎn

to scowl fiercely / to glare

红眼 hóng yǎn

ophthalmia / pinkeye / bloodshot eye

眼花缭乱 yǎn huā liáo luàn

to be dazzled

眼罩 yǎn zhào

eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)

肉眼 ròu yǎn

naked eye / layman's eyes

肚脐眼 dù qí yǎn

navel / belly button

丢人现眼 diū rén xiàn yǎn

to make an exhibition of oneself / to be a disgrace

眼镜蛇 yǎn jìng shé

cobra

裸眼 luǒ yǎn

naked eye

眼角 yǎn jiǎo

outer or inner corner of the eye / canthus

大跌眼镜 dà diē yǎn jìng

(fig.) to be astounded

醉眼 zuì yǎn

eyes showing the effects of drink

眼中钉 yǎn zhōng dīng

a thorn in one's side

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