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大開眼界

/tä⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
eye-opening; able to broaden one's horizon
  • 大开眼界
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The phrase describes the sensation of a wide-open gate revealing a vast, boundless new world to the observer.
The phrase describes the sensation of a wide-open gate revealing a vast, boundless new world to the observer.

Origin

The phrase 大開眼界 is composed of four characters. The character 大 means of great size, big, large, or huge. The character 開 means to open, unlatch, or unfasten; it is formed with the components 一 (one), 廾 (both hands), and 門 (gate, door, entrance, opening, or portal).

The character 眼 means eye and contains the semantic component 目 (eye) and the phonetic component 艮. The character 艮 is composed of 目 (eye) and 人 (man, person, or people). Finally, the character 界 means boundary, consisting of the semantic component 田 (farmland) and the phonetic component 介 (to lie between).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

這個詞彙由「大」、「開」、「眼」、「界」組成。「大」意指巨大、大或程度深；「開」有打開、解開或解開鎖扣的意思，其字形包含「門」（門、門戶、入口）、「一」以及「廾」（兩手）作為組成部分；「眼」指眼睛，由表示眼睛的意符「目」與表示聲音的聲符「艮」組成，而「艮」則包含「目」與「人」兩個部件；「界」指邊界，由表示田地的意符「田」與表示聲音的聲符「介」組成。

根據《國語辭典》，此詞描述的是明顯地使視野開展，並增加見聞。透過這些組成的漢字，表達出擴張視野、增加見聞的含義。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese開 “to open; to unlatch; to unfasten”
    • ideaChinese門 “gate; door; entrance; opening; portal (Classifier: 扇 m mn; 道 m c; 度 c; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 片 mn)”
    • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • ideaChinese廾 “both hands”
  • characterChinese眼 “eye (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 雙／双 m c; 對／对 c)”
    • meaningChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
    • soundChinese艮 “one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)”
      • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese界 “boundary”
    • meaningChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
    • soundChinese介 “to lie between”
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Meanings

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  1. eye-opening; able to broaden one's horizon

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 明顯的使視野開展，見聞增加。 例：逛了一趟故宮，真是讓我大開眼界。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0