眼中钉(yǎn zhōng dīng): a thorn in one's side
3 charactersTrad. 眼中釘
a thorn in one's side
Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yǎn zhōng dīng
- Meaning
- a thorn in one's side
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 3
- Traditional
- 眼中釘
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 眼中钉 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一yǎn眼
HSK 7-9a glance
bù不qǐ起yǎn眼
HSK 7-9unremarkable
yī一bǎn板yī一yǎn眼
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (i…
yī一bǎn板sān三yǎn眼
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar)…
yī一zhuǎn转yǎn眼
in the blink of an eye
yī一bǎo饱yǎn眼fú福
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
xià下yǎn眼jiǎn睑
lower eyelid
diū丢rén人xiàn现yǎn眼
to make an exhibition of oneself
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