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眼光

yǎnguāng

taste; judgment

An eye looking through a lens
Memory picture

Characters in this word

眼 yǎn

Strokes
11
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
目 eye 艮 blunt
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

光 guāng

Strokes
6
Radical
儿 — son, child
Made of
⺌ small 兀 weak
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他眼光很好。 Tā yǎnguāng hěn hǎo. He has very good taste.
  • 她有好眼光。 Tā yǒu hǎo yǎnguāng. She has good judgment.
  • 你的眼光不错。 Nǐ de yǎnguāng búcuò. Your taste is pretty good.

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