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满眼 (mǎn yǎn) — (noun) a sight or scene that fills one's eyes; an eyeful

Definition

Literary phrase meaning 'filling one's eyes / an eyeful' — used to describe a scene where everything one sees is one thing (e.g. 满眼都是泪水). More emphatic and written than just saying 眼睛里都是.

noun
a sight or scene that fills one's eyesan eyeful

Examples

  • ，满眼。
    Zhàn zài shān dǐng, mǎn yǎn dōu shì lǜ sè de sēn lín.
    Standing on the mountaintop, the view is filled with green forest.
  • 满眼，。
    Tā mǎn yǎn shì lèi, shuō bù chū huà lái.
    Her eyes were full of tears; she couldn't speak.
  • ，满眼。
    Qiū tiān lái le, mǎn yǎn dōu shì jīn huáng de luò yè.
    Autumn has come; the view is full of golden fallen leaves.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

满mǎnfill
眼yǎneye

满 means 'fill', 眼 means 'eye'; the idea is that the eye is filled, giving an eyeful.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 滿; 满 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒼
㒼㒼滿mǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 滿 pairs 水, showing water, with 㒼, giving the sound. The simplified 满 is a later shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 满 →

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.

Open 眼 →
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