打眼

dǎyǎn
  1. to drill or bore a hole
  2. to attract attention
  3. conspicuous

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) to open the eyes
  2. (cant) to have an oversight and be cheated when buying (an antique)
  3. (dialectal) eye-catching; attracting attention
  4. eye-catching; attracting attention
  5. to drill, punch, or pierce a hole
  6. to have an oversight and be cheated when buying (an antique)
  7. to open the eyes

Wiktionary

  1. 打洞、鑽孔。
  2. 買東西看走眼，叫做「打眼」。
  3. 舊日理髮師為客人做清眼的服務項目。
  4. 有財物引人注意。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 眼 yǎn
  1. (often used with 一 yī) a look; a glance
  2. small hole
  3. (bound form) salient point
  4. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

classifiers: 隻, 雙

Containing this entry

打眼色 dǎyǎnsè
打眼號 dǎyǎnhào

Related entries

引人注意 yǐnrénzhùyì
  1. to attract attention
  2. eye-catching
  3. conspicuous
引人注目 yǐnrénzhùmù
  1. to attract attention
  2. eye-catching
  3. conspicuous
她说理的主线引人注目，但从根本上是靠不住的。

Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.

Source: Tatoeba

惹人注意 rěrénzhùyì to attract attention
惹人注目 rěrénzhùmù
  1. to attract attention
  2. noticeable
可掬 kějū
  1. conspicuous
  2. plain to see
突顯 tūxiǎn
  1. conspicuous
  2. to make sth stand out
  3. make sth prominent
那房子因为其少有的形状被突显出来。

The house stood out because of its unusual shape.

Source: Tatoeba

顯眼 xiǎnyǎn
  1. conspicuous
  2. eye-catching
  3. glamorous
這些花放在哪裏也沒關係，顯眼就行了。

Put those flowers wherever we can see them well.

Source: Tatoeba

孑孑 jiéjié
  1. outstanding
  2. conspicuous
  3. prominent
  4. tiny
彰 zhāng
  1. clear
  2. conspicuous
  3. manifest
顯性 xiǎnxìng
  1. visible
  2. conspicuous
  3. phanero-
  4. dominant (gene)
彰顯 zhāngxiǎn
  1. to put on display (sth abstract)
  2. to draw attention to
  3. conspicuous
顯 xiǎn
  1. to make visible
  2. to reveal
  3. prominent
  4. conspicuous
  5. (prefix) phanero-
在台灣，季節的變化越來越不明顯。短春與短秋逐漸成為現在四季的特徵。

In Taiwan, the differences between the four seasons have become less and less obvious. A short spring and autumn have gradually become part of the features of the four seasons.

Source: Tatoeba