眼眶

yǎnkuàng

noun #23,467

Meanings

1 eye socket
2 rim of the eye
3 eye orbit

Characters

eye socket; orbital rim

Examples

听到这个消息，她的眼眶红了。

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā de yǎnkuàng hóng le.

When she heard the news, the rims of her eyes turned red.

他强忍泪水，眼眶湿润了。

Tā qiáng rěn lèishuǐ, yǎnkuàng shīrùn le.

He held back his tears, but his eye sockets grew moist.

Tips

usage

眼眶红了 or 眼眶湿了 is a very common literary way to describe someone on the verge of tears without saying they actually cried. It is frequently used in novels and scripts.

Stroke Order

眼 yǎn

眶 kuàng