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獨具隻眼

简 独具只眼 · 繁 獨具隻眼
Mandarin · pinyin dú jù zhī yǎn

Meanings

  1. to see what others fail to see (idiom)
  2. to have exceptional insight
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Characters in this entry

獨
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具
jù · tool, implement; draw up, write
隻
zhī · single, one of pair, lone; measure word
眼
yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
独
dú · alone, single, solitary, only
只
zhǐ · only, just, simply
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Mandarin tones

2–4–1–3 · du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

duk6 geoi6 zek3 ngaan5

Cantonese word readings for 獨具隻眼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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duk6 geoi6 zek3 ngaan5

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獨具隻眼 · du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3
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Exact source record獨具隻眼 独具只眼 [du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3] /to see what others fail to see (idiom)/to have exceptional insight/