肉眼
ròu yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

肉眼
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ròu yǎn
  1. naked eye
  2. layman's eyes

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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)
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī]
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
ròu
  1. 1 meat
  2. 2 flesh
  3. 3 pulp (of a fruit)
  4. 4 (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
  5. 5 (of a person) flabby
  6. 6 irresolute
  7. 7 Kangxi radical 130
yī yǎn
  1. 1 a glance
  2. 2 a quick look
  3. 3 a glimpse
bù qǐ yǎn
  1. 1 unremarkable
  2. 2 nothing out of the ordinary
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
rén ròu
  1. 1 to crowdsource information about sb or sth (abbr. for 人肉搜索[rén ròu sōu suǒ])
  2. 2 human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[rén ròu dùn pái], human shield)
shǎ yǎn
  1. 1 stunned
  2. 2 struck dumb
  3. 3 flabbergasted
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference
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
hé yǎn
  1. 1 to close one's eyes
  2. 2 to get to sleep
dān yǎn pí
  1. 1 single eyelid
dà ròu
  1. 1 pork
zì yǎn
  1. 1 wording
xiǎo xīn yǎn
  1. 1 narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
pì yǎn
  1. 1 anus
xīn yǎn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 intention
  3. 3 conscience
  4. 4 consideration
  5. 5 cleverness
  6. 6 tolerance

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
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
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
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
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)
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
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
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
  1. 1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship

Sample Sentences

我也觉得值。哎,你说是不是用肉眼看不到长城啊。我找了半天也没找到。
wǒ yě juéde zhí 。āi ,nǐ shuō shìbushì yòng ròuyǎn kānbudào chángchéng a 。wǒ zhǎo le bàntiān yě méi zhǎodào 。
I think it's worth it too. Hey, isn't it impossible to see the Great Wall with the naked eye? I looked for half a day and still couldn't find it.
水星。其实不用望远镜,我们肉眼就能看到所有的行星。
shuǐxīng 。qíshí bùyòng wàngyuǎnjìng ,wǒmen ròuyǎn jiù néng kàndào suǒyǒu de xíngxīng 。
Mercury. Actually, you don't even need a telescope. You can see all the planets with your naked eye.
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我记得肉眼只能看见几颗离地球比较近的行星,比如木星、金星、火星、土星。
wǒ jìde ròuyǎn zhǐnéng kànjiàn jǐ kē lí dìqiú bǐjiào jìn de xíngxīng ,bǐrú mùxīng 、jīnxīng 、huǒxīng 、tǔxīng 。
I recall that you can only see a few planets that are relatively close to earth. Like, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn.
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