映入 (yìng rù) — to come into view; to appear before one's eyes (often used in the phrase 映入眼帘)

Definition

verb
to come into viewto appear before one's eyes (often used in the phrase 映入眼帘)

Examples

  • ，映入。
    Yì zǒu jìn huā yuán, měi lì de jǐng sè jiù yìng rù le wǒ men de yǎn lián.
    As soon as we entered the garden, the beautiful scenery came into our view.
  • 映入。
    Nà fú huà shàng de shān shuǐ fǎng fú zhēn shí dì yìng rù zài yǎn qián.
    The landscape in that painting seems to appear vividly before one's eyes.
  • ，映入。
    Fān kāi shū de dì yī yè, yì háng shú xi de zì yìng rù shì xiàn.
    Opening the first page of the book, a line of familiar words came into sight.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

映yìngreflect
入rùinto

映 (reflect) with 入 (into) means to come into view or enter one's sight.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
央
央yāng映yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

映 pairs 日, the sun, with 央 as a sound element.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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