火眼金睛
huǒ​yǎn​jīn​jīng

piercing eyes

  • created sense approved 火眼金睛 · huǒ​yǎn​jīn​jīng · piercing eyes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    火眼金睛

    huǒ​yǎn​jīn​jīng

    piercing eyes

    Initially used to describe the magical eyes of [[孙悟空|孫悟空|sun1 wu4 kong1]] in the novel "Journey to the West" which could see through demons; now refers to sharp eyes or penetrating insight that can distinguish truth from falsehood.

    火眼 (literal) → 火眼 · huǒ​yǎn · pinkeye 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · golden 睛 (literal) → 睛 · jīng · eyeball

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense