眼红

眼紅

yǎnhóng

adjective HSK 7-9 #24,335

Meanings

HSK 3

别眼红，你努力也能做到。

Bié yǎnhóng, nǐ nǔlì yě néng zuòdào.

Don't be envious - if you work hard, you can do it too.

HSK 4

看到别人赚了大钱，他眼红了。

Kàndào biérén zhuàn le dàqián, tā yǎnhóng le.

Seeing others make big money, he became jealous.

culture

In Chinese, jealousy makes your eyes red (眼红), while in English it makes you green. Both are vivid body-based metaphors for envy.

眼 yǎn

红 hóng