眼睛 (yǎn jing): meaning and stroke order

眼睛 in our stories

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• 小川眨了眨眼睛：“那他会不会说我上个月把妹妹的玩具弄坏了？”

  Xiǎochuān zhǎ le zhǎ yǎnjing nà tā huì bú huì shuō wǒ shàng gè yuè bǎ mèimei de wánjù nònghuài le

  Xiaochuan blinked: "Then will he tell them I broke my sister's toy last month?"

  From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5

• 悟空跪在地上，向师父磕了三个头，眼泪在眼睛里打转，却一句辩解的话都没说。

  Wùkōng guì zài dì shàng xiàng shīfu kē le sān gè tóu yǎnlèi zài yǎnjing lǐ dǎzhuàn què yí jù biànjiě de huà dōu méi shuō

  Wukong knelt, kowtowed three times to his master with tears welling in his eyes, and said not a single word in his own defence.

  From the story Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6

• 楼上的老太太英格丽知道她来自中国，眼睛一亮，说自己年轻时去过桂林，一直记得漓江上的雾。

  lóushàng de lǎo tàitai Yīnggélì zhīdao tā láizì Zhōngguó yǎnjing yí liàng shuō zìjǐ niánqīng shí qù guò Guìlín yìzhí jìde Lí Jiāng shàng de wù

  When old Ingrid from upstairs learned she was from China, her eyes lit up: she had been to Guilin when she was young and still remembered the mist on the Li River.

  From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7