开眼界 meaning in English

kāiyǎnjiè

to broaden one's horizons

Traditional 開眼界24 strokes

Meaning of 开眼界

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāiyǎnjiè
  1. to broaden one's horizons

开眼界 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

再zài要yào开kāi眼yǎn界jiè,去qù看kàn人rén民mín广guǎng场chǎng下xià面miàn的de地dì下xià商shāng场chǎng。
To broaden your view, go see the underground shopping mall beneath People's Square.
这zhè部bù有yǒu关guān环huán境jìng危wēi机jī的de纪jì录lù片piàn真zhēn是shì令lìng人rén大dà开kāi眼yǎn界jiè。
That documentary about the environmental crisis was a real eye-opener.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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眼 yǎn · eye · 11 strokes

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界 jiè · boundary · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 开眼界.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
眼睛yǎnjingeye
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start

Questions about 开眼界

What does 开眼界 mean?

开眼界 (kāiyǎnjiè) means "to broaden one's horizons".

How do you write 开眼界?

开眼界 is made of 3 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 眼 (11 strokes), 界 (9 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

How is 开眼界 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开眼界 is written 開眼界.