历历在目

歷歷在目

lìlì-zàimù

idiom #24,637

Meanings

HSK 7-9

多年前的往事，如今还历历在目。

Duōnián qián de wǎngshì, rújīn hái lìlìzàimù.

Events from many years ago are still vivid in my mind today.

HSK 7-9

那场灾难历历在目，让人难以忘怀。

Nà chǎng zāinàn lìlìzàimù, ràng rén nányǐwànghuái.

That disaster remains vivid before one's eyes and is hard to forget.

memory

历历 means each detail clearly; 在目 means right before the eyes. Think of a high-resolution memory so sharp you could reach out and touch it.

历 lì

在 zài

目 mù