开眼
kāi yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

开眼
 - 
kāi yǎn
  1. to open one's eyes
  2. to widen one's horizons

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
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
字眼
zì yǎn
  1. 1 wording
小心眼
xiǎo xīn yǎn
  1. 1 narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
屁眼
pì yǎn
  1. 1 anus
心眼
xīn yǎn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 intention
  3. 3 conscience
  4. 4 consideration
  5. 5 cleverness
  6. 6 tolerance
挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
抢眼
qiǎng yǎn
  1. 1 eye-catching
放眼
fàng yǎn
  1. 1 to survey
  2. 2 to view broadly
泪眼
lèi yǎn
  1. 1 tearful eyes
满眼
mǎn yǎn
  1. 1 (of tears etc) filling the eyes
  2. 2 (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view

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
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)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
慈眉善眼
cí méi shàn yǎn
  1. 1 kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking
  2. 2 benign-faced
打马虎眼
dǎ mǎ hu yǎn
  1. 1 to play dumb
  2. 2 to slack off (idiom)
撒手闭眼
sā shǒu bì yǎn
  1. 1 to have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom)
擦亮眼睛
cā liàng yǎn jīng
  1. 1 to keep one's eyes open (idiom)
  2. 2 to be on one's guard
  3. 3 to be clear-eyed
映入眼帘
yìng rù yǎn lián
  1. 1 (idiom) to greet the eye
  2. 2 to come into view

Sample Sentences

这次杭州之行真是大开眼界，收获满满，我们也去了阿里巴巴总部，我们感觉杭州即将会成为中国的硅谷啊。
zhècì Hángzhōu zhī xíng zhēn shì dàkāiyǎnjiè ，shōuhuò mǎnmǎn ，wǒmen yě qù le Ālǐbābā zǒngbù ，wǒmen gǎnjué Hángzhōu jíjiāng huì chéngwéi Zhōngguó de guīgǔ ā 。
This trip to Hangzhou was really an eye-opener and I've learned a lot. We also went to Alibaba headquarters. We felt like Hangzhou is about to become China's Silicon Valley.
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开眼了吧。不过这家店我也是第一次来。
kāiyǎn le ba 。bùguò zhè jiā diàn wǒ yě shì dì yī cì lái 。
It opens your eyes. But this is my first time at this place as well.
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哈哈，今天保证让你大开眼界。你以前看到的大都是广东特色的，因为在唐人街广东人比较多。但中国地大物博，不同地方有不同特色的表演，民间文艺少说也有几百种。
hāhā ，jīntiān bǎozhèng ràng nǐ dàkāiyǎnjiè 。nǐ yǐqián kàndào de dà dōu shì Guǎngdōng tèsè de ，yīnwèi zài Tángrén jiē Guǎngdōng rén bǐjiào duō 。dàn Zhōngguó dìdàwùbó ，bùtóng dìfang yǒu bùtóng tèsè de biǎoyǎn ，mínjiān wényì shǎoshuō yě yǒu jǐ bǎi zhǒng 。
Haha. I guarantee today will broaden your horizons. The kind you saw before was mostly the Guangdong style. That's because there are a lot of people from Guangdong province in Chinatown. But China is a big place. Different places have different, particular styles of performance. There are hundreds of kinds of folk arts.
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