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耳聪目明

ěr cōng mù míng

4-character word Traditional 耳聰目明

What 耳聪目明 means

1. sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)
2. keen and alert
3. perceptive

The characters in 耳聪目明

• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear