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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.

熊猫眼xióng māo yǎn

to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda

狗眼看人低gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī

to act like a snob

独具只眼dú jù zhī yǎn

to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight

独眼巨人dú yǎn jù rén

cyclops

玳瑁眼镜dài mào yǎn jìng

hawksbill shell-rimmed eyeglasses / CL:副[fù]

现眼xiàn yǎn

to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself

留心眼儿liú xīn yǎn r

to be on the alert / to keep one's eyes open

白眉赤眼bái méi chì yǎn

for no reason (idiom)

白眼河燕bái yǎn hé yàn

(bird species of China) white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)

白眼狼bái yǎn láng

thankless wretch / an ingrate

白眼珠bái yǎn zhū

white of the eye

白眼𫛭鹰bái yǎn kuáng yīng

(bird species of China) white-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)

百眼巨人bǎi yǎn jù rén

hundred-eyed monster

尽收眼底jìn shōu yǎn dǐ

to take in the whole scene at once / to have a panoramic view

直眉瞪眼zhí méi dèng yǎn

to stare angrily or vacantly

眉来眼去méi lái yǎn qù

(idiom) to make eyes / to exchange flirting glances with sb

眉眼méi yǎn

brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance

眉眼传情méi yǎn chuán qíng

to give the eye to / to make eyes at

眉开眼笑méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) / beaming with joy / all smiles

看在眼里kàn zài yǎn li

to observe / to take it all in

看花眼kān huā yǎn

to be dazzled / to not believe one's own eyes

眨眼睛zhǎ yǎn jīng

wink

睁一眼闭一眼zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn

to turn a blind eye

睁一只眼闭一只眼zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn

to turn a blind eye

睁眼zhēng yǎn

to open one's eyes

睁眼瞎zhēng yǎn xiā

an illiterate / sb who has blurred vision / sb who is willfully blind

睁眼说瞎话zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà

to tell a barefaced lie / to lie through one's teeth

睁着眼睛说瞎话zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà

(idiom) to lie through one's teeth / to talk drivel

睁只眼闭只眼zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn

to turn a blind eye

睡眼惺忪shuì yǎn xīng sōng

(idiom) sleepy-eyed / still half asleep

瞄一眼miáo yī yǎn

to shoot a glance at

眯眼mī yǎn

to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)

眯眯眼mī mī yǎn

squinty eyes

窟窿眼kū long yǎn

small hole

第一眼dì yī yǎn

at first glance / at first sight

第三眼睑dì sān yǎn jiǎn

(zoology) nictitating membrane

红眼航班hóng yǎn háng bān

red-eye flight

红胁绣眼鸟hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)

缺心眼quē xīn yǎn

stupid / senseless / dim-witted

翳眼yì yǎn

cataract

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