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鼻青眼肿

bí qīng yǎn zhǒngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
a black eye (idiom) / serious injury to the face / fig. a setback / a defeat
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6c36fb73fc0244b6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鼻青眼腫 鼻青眼肿 [bi2 qing1 yan3 zhong3] /a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face/fig. a setback/a defeat/

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Other forms in these source records: 鼻青眼腫

  • 鼻
    bí

    nose

  • 青
    qīng

    green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)

    Qīng

    short name for Qinghai 青海[Qīng hǎi]

  • 眼
    yǎn

    eye (CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]) / (often used with 一[yī]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

  • 肿
    zhǒng

    to swell / swelling / swollen

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.