刮 guā
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 舌 tongue 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
刮目相看
guāmùxiāngkàn
to see someone in a new light
Characters in this word
目 mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他进步这么快，让老师都刮目相看。 Tā jìnbù zhème kuài, ràng lǎoshī dōu guāmù xiāngkàn. He improved so fast that even the teacher saw him in a new light.
- 没想到你画得这么好，真让人刮目相看。 Méi xiǎngdào nǐ huà de zhème hǎo, zhēn ràng rén guāmù xiāngkàn. I never expected you to paint so well; it really changes how people see you.
- 三年不见，他已经成了大老板，大家都对他刮目相看。 Sān nián bú jiàn, tā yǐjīng chéng le dà lǎobǎn, dàjiā dōu duì tā guāmù xiāngkàn. After three years apart he has become a big boss, and everyone looks at him with new respect.