黑眼圈
hēi yǎn quān
Pinyin

Definition

黑眼圈
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hēi yǎn quān
  1. dark circles (under one's eyes)
  2. black eye

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

圈
juān
  1. 1 to confine
  2. 2 to lock up
  3. 3 to pen in
眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
  5. 5 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī]
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
眼神
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
眼镜
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
黑
Hēi
  1. 1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
黑暗
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
黑社会
hēi shè huì
  1. 1 criminal underworld
  2. 2 organized crime syndicate
黑色
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
一眼
yī yǎn
  1. 1 a glance
  2. 2 a quick look
  3. 3 a glimpse
不起眼
bù qǐ yǎn
  1. 1 unremarkable
  2. 2 nothing out of the ordinary
干瞪眼
gān dèng yǎn
  1. 1 to watch helplessly
傻眼
shǎ yǎn
  1. 1 stunned
  2. 2 struck dumb
  3. 3 flabbergasted
光圈
guāng quān
  1. 1 aperture
  2. 2 diaphragm
  3. 3 halo
  4. 4 aureole
冷眼
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference
刺眼
cì yǎn
  1. 1 to dazzle
  2. 2 to offend the eyes
  3. 3 dazzling
  4. 4 harsh (light)
  5. 5 crude (colors)
  6. 6 unsightly
合眼
hé yǎn
  1. 1 to close one's eyes
  2. 2 to get to sleep
商圈
shāng quān
  1. 1 commercial district
  2. 2 business district
单眼皮
dān yǎn pí
  1. 1 single eyelid

Idioms (20)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
大处着眼，小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
  1. 1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
慈眉善眼
cí méi shàn yǎn
  1. 1 kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking
  2. 2 benign-faced
打马虎眼
dǎ mǎ hu yǎn
  1. 1 to play dumb
  2. 2 to slack off (idiom)
撒手闭眼
sā shǒu bì yǎn
  1. 1 to have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom)

Sample Sentences

难怪我这黑眼圈自从创业以来就没有消失过，越想集中精神工作，却越容易精神涣散，睡得晚还常常失眠。
nánguài wǒ zhè hēiyǎnquān zìcóng chuàngyè yǐlái jiù méiyǒu xiāoshī guò ，yuè xiǎng jízhōng jīngshén gōngzuò ，què yuè róngyì jīngshén huànsàn ，shuì de wǎn hái chángcháng shīmián 。
No wonder the bags under my eyes haven't disappeared once since I launched my own business. The more I want to concentrate on work, the more distracted I seem to get. It's because I'm going to bed late and often suffer from insomnia.
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看你的黑眼圈，昨晚肯定熬夜看球了。
kàn nǐde hēiyǎnquān ，zuówǎn kěndìng áoyè kàn qiú le 。
Looking at the black circles under your eyes, last night you must have stayed up all night watching the game.
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小赵，黑眼圈这么重，没睡好啊？
Xiǎo Zhào ，hēiyǎnquān zhème zhòng ，méi shuì hǎo a ？
Xiao Zhao, you've got some serious bags under your eyes. Didn't sleep well?
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一个是去掉黑眼圈儿，
yī ge shì qùdiào hēiyǎnquānr5 ，
One is to get rid of its black eye.
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好，老师。为什么僵尸都有黑眼圈儿啊？
hǎo ，lǎoshī 。wèishénme jiāngshī dōu yǒu hēiyǎnquānr a ？
OK, sir. Why do zombies always have black circles around their eyes?
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嗯。小娟，来，把我的黑眼圈儿再画得黑一点儿。
ng4 。Xiǎo Juān ，lái ，bǎ wǒ de hēiyǎnquānr zài huà de hēi yīdiǎnr 。
Oh. Xiao Juan, come make the rings around my eyes a little darker.
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