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眼界

yǎn jiè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

眼界 (yǎn jiè) means "ken; scope". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 眼界 means

1. (lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon

The characters in 眼界

• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 界jiè(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm

Example sentences

• 再要开眼界，去看人民广场下面的地下商场。
  To broaden your view, go see the underground shopping mall beneath People's Square.
• 这部有关环境危机的纪录片真是令人大开眼界。
  Zhè bù yǒuguān huánjìng wēijī de jìlùpiàn zhēnshi lìngrén dàkāi yǎnjiè.
  That documentary about the environmental crisis was a real eye-opener.

Words containing 眼界

• 开眼界kāi yǎn jièto broaden one's horizons
• 大开眼界dà kāi yǎn jiè(idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly

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