眼保健操

yǎnbǎojiàncāo

noun

Measure Word

一套眼保健操 tào

Meanings

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

Characters

exercise, drill

Examples

每天下午第二节课后做眼保健操。

Měitiān xiàwǔ dì èr jié kè hòu zuò yǎnbǎojiàncāo.

We do eye exercises after the second afternoon class every day.

眼保健操有四节。

Yǎnbǎojiàncāo yǒu sì jié.

The eye exercises have four sections.

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

眼 yǎn

保 bǎo

健 jiàn

操 cāo