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"a glance" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn
一眼 yī yǎn a glance / a quick look / a glimpse
Chinese Pinyin Translation
眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn
偷看 tōu kàn to peep / to peek / to steal a glance syn
白眼 bái yǎn to give sb a dirty look / to cast a supercilious glance / a disdainful look syn
掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn
一目了然 一目瞭然 yī mù liǎo rán obvious at a glance (idiom) syn
转眼 轉眼 zhuǎn yǎn in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance syn
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn
斜视 斜視 xié shì a squint / sideways glance / to look askance syn
东张西望 東張西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around syn
一览无余 一覽無餘 yī lǎn wú yú to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view syn
秋波 qiū bō autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance syn
回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn
眼波 yǎn bō fluid glance syn
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
走马观花 走馬觀花 zǒu mǎ guān huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn
一览 一覽 yī lǎn at a glance / (in book titles) overview syn
贼眼 賊眼 zéi yǎn shifty gaze / furtive glance
第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight
一瞥 yī piē glance / glimpse
乍看 zhà kàn at first glance
目不斜视 目不斜視 mù bù xié shì not to glance sideways (idiom) / to gaze fixedly / to be fully concentrated / to preserve a correct attitude syn
一望而知 yī wàng ér zhī (idiom) to be evident at a glance
投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn
瞄 miáo to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at / to glance at syn
瞥 piē to shoot a glance / glance / to appear in a flash syn
瞟 piǎo to cast a glance syn
睐 睞 lài to glance / to look askance at
睇 dì (literary) to cast a sidelong glance / (dialect) to see / to look at
反顾 反顧 fǎn gù to glance back / (fig.) to regret / to have second thoughts about sth syn
矍 jué to glance fearfully
睃 suō to throw a glance at / to peer at / Taiwan pr. [jun4] syn
阚 闞 kàn to glance / to peep syn
睒 shǎn furtively glance / glittering
矙 kàn bird's-eye view / glance
䁖 瞜 lōu to glance at
戄 jué to fear / to be in awe / sudden glance
一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān to see through something at first glance (idiom)
流眄 liú miǎn to ogle / to glance in a shifty manner
涉览 涉覽 shè lǎn to browse / to glance through / to read
猛一看 měng yī kàn at first glance / first impression
目无全牛 目無全牛 mù wú quán niú to see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom) / extremely skilled / able to see through the problem at one glance syn
眄视 眄視 miàn shì to give a sidelong glance
眼风 眼風 yǎn fēng eye signal / meaningful glance
睃巡 suō xún (eyes) to scan / to glance left and right / to scrutinize / also written 巡睃[xun2 suo1]
美眄 měi miǎn captivating glance
翻拣 翻揀 fān jiǎn to browse and select / to glance through and check
眼毒 yǎn dú venomous glance / hostile gaze / sharp-eyed
一窥端倪 一窺端倪 yī kuī duān ní to infer easily / to guess at a glance / to get a clue
瞄一眼 miáo yī yǎn to shoot a glance at
秒看 miǎo kàn (coll.) to take in at a glance
睄 shào (coll.) to glance
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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