The Chinese word 耀眼 (yàoyǎn), meaning "dazzling" or "blindingly bright", is a compound formed through a straightforward cause-effect semantic relationship. It combines the character 耀 (yào), which means "to shine brightly" or "to illuminate", with 眼 (yǎn), meaning "eye". Literally, it describes a light or brilliance so intense that it "shines upon the eyes", creating the effect of dazzling or overwhelming the vision, and by extension, anything strikingly brilliant or splendid. This formation is a typical example in Chinese where a verb (to shine) is directly linked to its object or affected entity (the eye) to express a resultant state or sensation.