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刮目相看

guā mù xiāng kàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

刮目相看 (guā mù xiāng kàn) means "to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 刮目相看 means

1. to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
2. to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

The characters in 刮目相看

• 刮guāto scrape; to blow; to shave
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch

Example sentences

• 我对你刮目相看了。
  Wǒ duì nǐ guāmù-xiāngkàn le.
  I'm seeing you in a new light.

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