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瞑目

míng mù

2-character word

What 瞑目 means

1. to close one's eyes
2. (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)

The characters in 瞑目

• 瞑míngto close (the eyes)
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh

Example sentences

• 玲奶奶死的不瞑目。流传说那栋房子至今未人敢入住。
  Grandma Ling died with unfinished business. It is said that to this day no one has dared to live in that house.

Words containing 瞑目

• 死不瞑目sǐ bù míng mùlit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom); fig. to die with an unresolved grievance

Sounds the same

Read míng mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名目name; designation; item