眼睛

yǎnjing

eye

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 画龙点睛huàlóng-diǎnjīngto paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiB7
  • 目不转睛mùbùzhuǎnjīngunable to take one's eyes off (idiom)B7

See it in sentences

她的眼睛很大。

Her eyes are big.

看书多了,眼睛疼。

My eyes hurt from too much reading.