Definition
针眼 has three main meanings: the eye of a needle (the hole you thread), a tiny hole the size of a pinprick, and a stye — a red bump on the eyelid caused by infection. The stye meaning is common in everyday speech, as in '长针眼了' (got a stye).
n.
eye of a needlepinprick (tiny hole)stye (on the eyelid)
Examples
- 针眼，。Zhè gēn zhēn de zhēn yǎn tài xiǎo le, xiàn chuān bú guò qù.The eye of this needle is too small; the thread can't go through.
- 针眼。Zhǐ shàng yǒu yí gè zhēn yǎn dà de dòng.There is a hole as small as a pinprick on the paper.
- 针眼，。Tā zhǎng le zhēn yǎn, suǒyǐ yǎnjīng zhǒng le.He got a stye, so his eye is swollen.
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