偷眼
tōu yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

偷眼
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tōu yǎn
  1. to take a furtive look at

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偷
tōu
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to snatch
  4. 4 thief
  5. 5 stealthily
偷偷
tōu tōu
  1. 1 stealthily
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 covertly
  4. 4 furtively
  5. 5 on the sly
眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
  5. 5 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī]
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
眼神
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
一眼
yī yǎn
  1. 1 a glance
  2. 2 a quick look
  3. 3 a glimpse
不起眼
bù qǐ yǎn
  1. 1 unremarkable
  2. 2 nothing out of the ordinary
偷吃
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful
偷情
tōu qíng
  1. 1 to carry on a clandestine love affair
偷懒
tōu lǎn
  1. 1 to goof off
  2. 2 to be lazy
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
偷窥
tōu kuī
  1. 1 to peep
  2. 2 to peek
  3. 3 to act as voyeur
偷笑
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
偷闲
tōu xián
  1. 1 to snatch a moment of leisure
  2. 2 to take a break from work
  3. 3 also written 偷閒|偷闲[tōu xián]
傻眼
shǎ yǎn
  1. 1 stunned
  2. 2 struck dumb
  3. 3 flabbergasted
冷眼
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference
刺眼
cì yǎn
  1. 1 to dazzle
  2. 2 to offend the eyes
  3. 3 dazzling
  4. 4 harsh (light)
  5. 5 crude (colors)
  6. 6 unsightly
合眼
hé yǎn
  1. 1 to close one's eyes
  2. 2 to get to sleep
单眼皮
dān yǎn pí
  1. 1 single eyelid

Idioms (20)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
大处着眼，小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
  1. 1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

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