黑眼圈
hēi yǎn quān
Pinyin

Definition

黑眼圈
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hēi yǎn quān
  1. dark circles (under one's eyes)
  2. black eye

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

圈
juān
  1. 1 to confine
  2. 2 to lock up
  3. 3 to pen in
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
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)

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
一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)

Sample Sentences

难怪我这黑眼圈自从创业以来就没有消失过，越想集中精神工作，却越容易精神涣散，睡得晚还常常失眠。
nánguài wǒ zhè hēiyǎnquān zìcóng chuàngyè yǐlái jiù méiyǒu xiāoshī guò ，yuè xiǎng jízhōng jīngshén gōngzuò ，què yuè róngyì jīngshén huànsàn ，shuì de wǎn hái chángcháng shīmián 。
No wonder the bags under my eyes haven't disappeared once since I launched my own business. The more I want to concentrate on work, the more distracted I seem to get. It's because I'm going to bed late and often suffer from insomnia.
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看你的黑眼圈，昨晚肯定熬夜看球了。
kàn nǐde hēiyǎnquān ，zuówǎn kěndìng áoyè kàn qiú le 。
Looking at the black circles under your eyes, last night you must have stayed up all night watching the game.
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小赵，黑眼圈这么重，没睡好啊？
Xiǎo Zhào ，hēiyǎnquān zhème zhòng ，méi shuì hǎo a ？
Xiao Zhao, you've got some serious bags under your eyes. Didn't sleep well?
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一个是去掉黑眼圈儿，
yī ge shì qùdiào hēiyǎnquānr ，
One is to get rid of its black eye.
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好，老师。为什么僵尸都有黑眼圈儿啊？
hǎo ，lǎoshī 。wèishénme jiāngshī dōu yǒu hēiyǎnquānr a ？
OK, sir. Why do zombies always have black circles around their eyes?
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嗯。小娟，来，把我的黑眼圈儿再画得黑一点儿。
ng4 。Xiǎo Juān ，lái ，bǎ wǒ de hēiyǎnquānr zài huà de hēi yīdiǎnr 。
Oh. Xiao Juan, come make the rings around my eyes a little darker.
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