晃眼 (huǎng yǎn) — dazzling, blinding (of light); twinkling, flashing briefly

Definition

晃眼 (huǎng yǎn) describes light that is so bright it hurts or distracts the eyes — a vivid, colloquial alternative to 刺眼, which is more neutral and common in writing.

adjective
dazzlingblinding (of light)twinklingflashing briefly

Examples

  • 晃眼，。
    Zhè dào guāng tài huǎng yǎn le, wǒ zhēng bù kāi yǎn jing.
    This light is too dazzling; I can't open my eyes.
  • ，晃眼。
    Yuǎn chù de dēng guāng bù tíng huàng dòng, shí fēn huǎng yǎn.
    The lights in the distance keep flickering, very dazzling.
  • ，晃眼。
    Xià tiān zhèng wǔ de yáng guāng zhí shè xià lái, gé wài huǎng yǎn.
    At summer noon, the sunlight shines directly down, especially dazzling.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

晃huàngdazzle
眼yǎneye

晃 means dazzle and 眼 means eye, so it describes light that dazzles the eyes.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
目目mùeye
Sound part声符shēngfú
艮
艮gèn眼yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

眼 combines 目, which is an eye, with 艮, which gives the character's sound.

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