慧眼

huìyǎn
noun #32,277

Meanings

  1. 1 keen insight
  2. 2 discerning eye
  3. 3 perceptiveness

Examples

HSK 6
Tóuzīrén kào de shì huìyǎn shí zhū.
An investor relies on a sharp eye for hidden gems.
HSK 7-9
Tā zhēn yǒu huìyǎn, yīxià jiù kànchū zhè fú huà shì yànpǐn.
He really has a discerning eye - he spotted right away that the painting was a fake.

Tips

history
慧眼 (literally 'wisdom-eye') comes from Buddhist terminology, originally one of the 五眼 (Five Eyes) in Buddhism, the eye that sees through illusion to ultimate truth. In modern Chinese it's secularized into 'a sharp eye for talent / quality / fakes', most often in 慧眼识珠 ('discerning eye recognizes the pearl').

Stroke Order

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