眼保健操

yǎnbǎojiàncāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 eye exercises (routine done in Chinese schools to prevent myopia)
  2. 2 acupressure eye-relaxation exercises

Examples

HSK 2
Yǎnbǎojiàncāo yǒu sì jié.
The eye exercises have four sections.
HSK 3
Měitiān xiàwǔ dì'èr jié kèhòu zuò yǎnbǎojiàncāo.
We do eye exercises after the second afternoon class every day.

Tips

culture
Developed in 1963 by the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau as an acupressure routine to reduce student myopia. Standard in mainland primary and middle schools ever since, with the four moves 揉天应穴, 按睛明穴, 揉四白穴, 按太阳穴 done to a famous radio broadcast counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4...

Stroke Order

yǎn
bǎo
jiàn
cāo