刮目相看 meaning in English
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
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Meaning of 刮目相看
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
guāmùxiāngkàn
- to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
- to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
刮目相看 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我对你刮目相看了。
I'm seeing you in a new light.
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刮 guā · to scrape · 8 strokes
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目 mù · eye · 5 strokes
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相 xiāng · mutual · 9 strokes
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看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 刮目相看.
| 看到 | kàndào | to see |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 看病 | kànbìng | to visit a doctor; to see a patient |
| 相信 | xiāngxìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 目的 | mùdì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
| 节目 | jiémù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, vari |
| 相同 | xiāngtóng | identical; same |
| 看法 | kànfǎ | way of looking at a thing; view |
| 相机 | xiàngjī | camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); at the opportune moment |
| 难看 | nánkàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 照相 | zhàoxiàng | to take a photograph |
Questions about 刮目相看
What does 刮目相看 mean?
刮目相看 (guāmùxiāngkàn) means "to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)".
How do you write 刮目相看?
刮目相看 is made of 4 characters: 刮 (8 strokes), 目 (5 strokes), 相 (9 strokes), 看 (9 strokes). That is 31 strokes in total.