眼神

yǎn shén · yan shen

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. meaningful glance
  3. wink
  4. eyesight (dialect)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

和(hé)别(bié)人(rén)握(wò)手(shǒu)的(de)时(shí)候(hou),一(yí)定(dìng)要(yào)有(yǒu)眼(yǎn)神(shén)接(jiē)触(chù)。

When you shake hands with somebody, you must look him in the eye.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)看(kàn)我(wǒ)的(de)眼(yǎn)神(shén)里(lǐ)充(chōng)满(mǎn)了(le)怀(huái)疑(yí)。

The look in her eyes as she looked at me was full of doubt.

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