双目 (shuāng mù) — both eyes; binocular (short for 双目望远镜) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

both eyesbinocular (short for 双目望远镜)

Examples

双目，。
Tā shuāng mù shī míng, shēng huó hěn bù fāng biàn.
He lost sight in both eyes, making life very inconvenient.
双目。
Lǎo rén shuāng mù níng shì zhe yuǎn fāng.
The old man stared into the distance with both eyes.
双目。
Zhè ge shuāng mù wàng yuǎn jìng kàn dé fēi cháng yuǎn.
This binocular telescope can see very far.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

双 (two) and 目 (eye) combine to mean both eyes or binocular.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

又又双

又又yòu
又又yòu

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

目 began as a drawing of a human eye, turned sideways.

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