擦亮眼睛 — Chinese idiom
擦亮眼睛
cā liàng yǎn jīng
Meaning
- to keep one's eyes open
- to be on one's guard
- to be clear-eyed
Character by character
- 擦cāto clean, to erase, to polish; a brush
- 亮liàngbright, brilliant, radiant, light
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
- 睛jīngeyeball; pupil
Idioms sharing a character
- 挨肩擦背 āi jiān cā bèi
- 摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng
- 高风亮节 gāo fēng liàng jié
- 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn
- 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn
- 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
- 一饱眼福 yī bǎo yǎn fú
- 以眼还眼 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
- 冷眼旁观 lěng yǎn páng guān
- 合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng
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