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眼中钉

a thorn in one's side

Characters and words in 眼中钉

yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
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in one's eyes
zhōng = zhu + (e)ng1
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
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zhōng = zhu + (e)ng1
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
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zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
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dīng = di + (e)ng1
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1]
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dìng = di + (e)ng4
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
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Words with 眼中钉

Sentences with 眼中钉

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