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 classifier: 只 zhī
  5. 5 classifier: 双 shuāng
  6. 6 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 双 shuāng
祝福
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well

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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