刮目相看 |
guā mù xiāng kàn |
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) |
刮 |
guā |
to scrape / to blow / to shave / to plunder / to extort |
刮 |
guā |
to blow (of the wind) |
目 |
mù |
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title |
相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
相看 |
xiāng kàn |
to look at one another / to take a good look at / to look upon |
看 |
kān |
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard |
看 |
kàn |
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |