Chinese Traditional: 開眼
Chinese Simplified: 开眼
Pinyin: kai1 yan3
Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄧㄢˇ
English Meaning: to open one's eyes, to widen one's view or horizons, to broaden one's mind

Example Sentences:

我已經累到快睜不開眼睛了。
我已经累到快睁不开眼睛了。
wo3 yi3 jing1 lei4 dao4 kuai4 zheng1 bu4 kai1 yan3 jing1 le5.
I'm so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open.
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Related Words:

 

kāi

1. to open 2. to drive, to steer 3. to bloom, to blossom 4. to prescribe 5. to issue 6. to come loose 7. to make (a joke) 8. open (adj) 9. to boil (water) 10. to hold (a meeting), to organize (an event) 11. to start, to switch on 12. apart, away

Here: to open

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yǎn

1. eye 2. a glance 3. an aperture, a hole 4. sight, vision 5. mesh 6. key point, critical moment 7. (a measure word for springs, wells and ponds) 8. (a measure word for actions of the eye)

Here: eye

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