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刮目相看

guāmùxiāngkàn

to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

2 meanings#19772

MEANING2 meanings

壹动verb
to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
- 。
  He looks at you with new eyes.
貳动verb
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
- 。
  He has a new appreciation for you.

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刮目相看

Traditional刮

guāmùxiāngkàn

to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

2 meanings#19772

MEANING2 meanings

壹动verb
to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
- 。
  He looks at you with new eyes.
貳动verb
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
- 。
  He has a new appreciation for you.

解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

刮

舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC
刂(knife; blade (radical))RADICAL

A scraping blade close to the edge depicts the action of scraping, so 刮 means to scrape clean.

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