眼福
yǎn fú
Pinyin

Definition

眼福
 - 
yǎn fú
  1. a treat for the eyes
  2. the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

幸福
xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
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]
祝福
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
一眼
yī yǎn
  1. 1 a glance
  2. 2 a quick look
  3. 3 a glimpse
享福
xiǎng fú
  1. 1 to live comfortably
  2. 2 happy and prosperous life
口福
kǒu fú
  1. 1 happy knack for chancing upon fine food
字眼
zì yǎn
  1. 1 wording
家乐福
Jiā lè fú
  1. 1 Carrefour, French supermarket chain
小心眼
xiǎo xīn yǎn
  1. 1 narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
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
眉眼
méi yǎn
  1. 1 brows and eyes
  2. 2 appearance
  3. 3 looks
  4. 4 countenance
眨眼
zhǎ yǎn
  1. 1 to blink
  2. 2 to wink
  3. 3 in the twinkling of an eye
眼光
yǎn guāng
  1. 1 gaze
  2. 2 insight
  3. 3 foresight
  4. 4 vision
  5. 5 way of looking at things
眼前
yǎn qián
  1. 1 before one's eyes
  2. 2 now
  3. 3 at present
眼力
yǎn lì
  1. 1 eyesight
  2. 2 strength of vision
  3. 3 the ability to make discerning judgments
眼圈
yǎn quān
  1. 1 rim of the eye
  2. 2 eye socket

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
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
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
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

Sample Sentences

还有看美女。哎，那时的老外可真有眼福啊！满大街都是像杨贵妃那样体态丰腴的"胖美人"！如果放到现代，应该叫性感吧。
hái yǒu kàn měinǚ 。āi ，nàshí de lǎowài kě zhēn yǒu yǎnfú a ！mǎn dàjiē dōu shì xiàng Yáng Guìfēi nàyàng tǐtài fēngyú de "pàng měirén "！rúguǒ fàngdào xiàndài ，yīnggāi jiào xìnggǎn ba 。
And they also came to see beautiful women! Foreigners in those days were really lucky to see so many beautiful women. ``Plump beauties," like Yang Guifei were all over the place. If they were in modern times, they would probably be called ``sexy!"
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