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獨具隻眼

简独具只眼 · 繁獨具隻眼

Mandarin · pinyin dú jù zhī yǎn

to see what others fail to see (idiom)
to have exceptional insight

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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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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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