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對眼

简对眼 · 繁對眼

Mandarin · pinyin duì yǎn

to squint
to one's liking

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對: duì · correct, right; facing, opposed
眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
对: duì · correct, right; facing, opposed

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4–3 · dui4 yan3

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adj

(colloquial) satisfied; to one's liking

noun

(colloquial) cross-eye; eye with esotropia
(colloquial) cross-eyed person

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