- 眨眼睛 zhǎyǎnjing to winkto wink; to twinkle; to blink
- 擦亮眼睛 cāliàngyǎnjing to keep one's eyes opento keep one's eyes open; to be on one's guard; to sharpen one's vigilance
- 睁着眼睛说瞎话 zhēngzheyǎnjingshuōxiāhuà to lie through one's teeth(idiom) To tell a bare-faced lie; to look someone straight in the eye and talk nonsense or drivel.
- 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀 bìsèyǎnjīngzhuōmáquè to act blindlyliterally translated as "to catch sparrows while blindfolded"; used as a metaphor for acting blindly or making decisions without investigating the facts
- 闭着眼睛捉麻雀 bìzheyǎnjīngzhuōmáquè to act blindly(proverb) to act blindly without understanding the situation or to deceive oneself; literally to try and catch a sparrow with one's eyes closed
- 不长眼睛 bùzhǎngyǎnjing to not look where one is going(colloquial) To be careless or fail to notice what is right in front of one; often used as a scolding rhetorical question like "Are you blind?"
- 鼓眼睛 gǔyǎnjīng protruding eyeseyes that stick out or bulge
- 没长眼睛 méizhǎngyǎnjing blind; unobservant(colloquial) to be blind or unobservant (often used as a rhetorical question or insult: "Are you blind?", "Look where you are going!")
- 眼睛吃冰淇淋 yǎnjingchībīngqílín to check out attractive people(Taiwan slang) to enjoy looking at attractive people; to treat one's eyes to some 'eye candy'
- 眼睛疲劳 yǎnjingpíláo eyestraintiredness or discomfort in the eyes after intense use, such as reading or using a computer
- 辣眼睛 làyǎnjing unpleasant to look at(slang) describes something that is hard on the eyes, ugly, or shocking to behold; literally "stinging the eyes"
