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
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