刮目相看
guā mù xiāng kàn
Pinyin
Definition
刮目相看
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- to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
- to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 good-looking
- 2 nice-looking
- 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
- 4 embarrassed
- 5 humiliated
- 1 to look over
- 2 to examine
- 3 to check up
- 4 to ferret out
- 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
- 2 to believe
- 3 to accept sth as true
- 1 to look after
- 2 to take care of
- 3 to watch
- 4 to guard
- 1 to take a look at
- 2 to examine
- 3 to survey
- 4 (coll.) pretty soon
Idioms (20)
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目十行
- 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
- 2 to read very rapidly
一眼看穿
- 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一脉相承
- 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
Sample Sentences
哎呦！士别三日当刮目相看啊！写得还真不错啊，这是颜体吧。
Ah! It's not been that long since I saw you last but you've already made such headway! You write so well, this is Yan style, yeah?
没想到你小子研究得这么透彻啊，今天真是让我对你刮目相看啊！
I never thought a guy like you researched it so thoroughly. Today I am really seeing you in a new light!
嘿嘿，有意思吧。这下该对我刮目相看了吧。
Haha, it's interesting, right? I bet now you see me in a new light.
这么看来以女性为客户的投资项目的确更具有竞争力。听你分析得头头是道，真是三日不见，刮目相看啊。