| 眼中钉 |
yǎn zhōng dīng |
a thorn in one's side |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
| 眼中 |
yǎn zhōng |
in (sb's) eyes |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 钉 |
dīng |
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯 |
| 钉 |
dìng |
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on |