眨
眼

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The word 眨眼 is formed by combining the character 眨, which denotes the action of blinking, with 眼, which refers to the eye, creating a compound where the verb acts directly upon the noun to mean "to blink" or "to wink".

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他眨了眨眼。

Tā zhǎ le zhǎ yǎn.

He blinked.

她不停地眨眼。

Tā bù tíng de zhǎ yǎn.

She kept blinking.

阳光太强，我直眨眼。

Yángguāng tài qiáng, wǒ zhí zhǎ yǎn.

The sunlight is too strong, I keep blinking.

眨眼的时间，他就完成了作业。

Zhǎ yǎn de shíjiān, tā jiù wánchéng le zuòyè.

In the time of a blink, he finished his homework.

他仅仅眨了一下眼，就错过了关键镜头。

Tā jǐn jǐn zhǎ le yī xià yǎn, jiù cuòguò le guānjiàn jìngtóu.

He just blinked once and missed the key shot.

Word Definition - 眨眼

zhǎ yǎn to blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eye

Individual Character Details

眨 zhǎ
眼 yǎn