挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

挑花眼
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tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. to be bewildered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
táo huā yùn
  1. 1 luck with the ladies
  2. 2 a romance
  3. 3 good luck
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī
  5. 5 classifier: 双 shuāng
  6. 6 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

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)

Sample Sentences

还没呢。老实说我一想到买月饼就头疼。品种那么多,我都要挑花眼了。
hái méi ne 。lǎoshí shuō wǒ yī xiǎngdào mǎi yuèbǐng jiù tóuténg 。pǐnzhǒng nàme duō ,wǒ dōu yào tiāo huā yǎn le 。
Not yet. To tell you the truth, as soon as I think of moon cakes, I get a head-ache. There are so many different types, it's overwhelming.