眼观六路
yǎn​guān​liù​lù

to keep a sharp lookout

  • created sense approved 眼观六路/眼觀六路 · yǎn​guān​liù​lù · to keep a sharp lookout — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼观六路 / 眼觀六路

    yǎn​guān​liù​lù

    to keep a sharp lookout

    to keep one's eyes open for all possibilities; to be alert and observant; literally to look in all six directions

    眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 六路 (literal) → 六路 · liù​lù · six directions; all sides

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

    created sense