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耳目一新

ěr mù yī xīn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

耳目一新 (ěr mù yī xīn) means "a pleasant change; a breath of fresh air; refreshing". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 耳目一新 means

1. a pleasant change
2. a breath of fresh air
3. refreshing

The characters in 耳目一新

• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)

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