to roll one's eyes
Results for “眼”
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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.
Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.
blurred vision of an old person (idiom)
presbyopia
presbyopia
earhole / ear piercing hole / earring hole
(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true / seeing is believing
ignoramus (idiom)
observation by naked eye
rib-eye steak
(botany) undeveloped bud / eye
place of interest / a place one has one's eye on
to have one's eyes covered / to be blindfolded
hole or bite mark in a plant made by an insect
naked eye
compound eye
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
myopia / nearsightedness / shortsightedness
key word
peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
shifty gaze / furtive glance
a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
to be taken aback
(fig.) to be astounded
(idiom) in the wink of an eye / in a flash
to pass in an instant / over in the twinkling of an eye
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at / hard on the eyes
nearsightedness / myopia
to give sb a meaningful look
to have a pair of prescription glasses made
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
(bird species of China) yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance
buttonhole
to drill a hole / drilling
to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going / to watch one's step / to be cautious
to watch out / to keep one's wits about one