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醒目

xǐng mù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

醒目 (xǐng mù) means "eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 醒目 means

1. eye-grabbing (headline)
2. striking (illustration)

The characters in 醒目

• 醒xǐngto wake up; to be awake; to become aware
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh

Example sentences

• 他额头上的疤痕很醒目。
  Tā étóu shàng de bāhén hěn xǐngmù.
  The scar on his forehead really stands out.

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