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眼看

yǎn kàn

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

眼看 (yǎn kàn) means "soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 眼看 means

1. soon
2. in a moment
3. to look on as sth happens

The characters in 眼看

• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch

Example sentences

• 我亲眼看见了。
  I saw it with my own eyes.
• 我妹妹亲眼看到它了。
  My sister saw it with her own eyes.
• 这个老人一只眼看不见了。
  The old man is blind in one eye.
• 那颗星星可以用裸眼看到。
  That star is visible to the naked eye.
• 细菌微小到无法用肉眼看到。
  Bacteria are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye.
• 第一眼看起来，那条问题似乎很容易。
  Dìyīyǎn kànqǐlai, nà tiáo wèntí sìhū hěn róngyì.
  At first glance, the question seemed easy.

Words containing 眼看

• 没眼看méi yǎn kàn(colloquial) can't bear to look at it; hideous; appalling
• 狗眼看人低gǒu yǎn kàn rén dīto act like a snob
• 斜眼看xié yǎn kànto look askance
• 一眼看穿yī yǎn kàn chuānto see through something at first glance (idiom)

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