耳 ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
耳目一新
ěrmùyìxīn
to find something refreshingly new
Characters in this word
目 mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她把房间重新布置了一下，家人看了都觉得耳目一新。 Tā bǎ fángjiān chóngxīn bùzhì le yíxià, jiārén kàn le dōu juéde ěrmù yìxīn. She rearranged the room, and her family all felt it looked refreshingly new.
- 这家书店的设计很特别，一走进去就让人耳目一新。 Zhè jiā shūdiàn de shèjì hěn tèbié, yì zǒu jìnqù jiù ràng rén ěrmù yìxīn. This bookshop has a distinctive design, and stepping in feels refreshingly new.
- 换了新的学习方法以后，他对数学有了耳目一新的感觉。 Huàn le xīn de xuéxí fāngfǎ yǐhòu, tā duì shùxué yǒu le ěrmù yìxīn de gǎnjué. After switching to a new way of studying, maths felt refreshingly new to him.
Related words
- 耳机 ěrjī headphones
- 耳朵 ěrduo ear
- 耳环 ěrhuán earring
- 刺耳 cì'ěr ear-piercing; grating
- 耳光 ěrguāng slap in the face
- 耳熟能详 ěrshúnéngxiáng widely known; familiar to many
- 交头接耳 jiāotóujiē'ěr to whisper to one another
- 面红耳赤 miànhóng'ěrchì flushed with anger or embarrassment
- 掩耳盗铃 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand
- 悦耳 yuè'ěr pleasant to the ear
- 节目 jiémù program; show
- 目的 mùdì goal; purpose