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耀眼

yào yǎn · yao yan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to dazzle
  2. dazzling
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No sunglasses

  1. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)的(de)太阳(tàiyang)太(tài)耀眼(yàoyǎn)了(le)，我(wǒ)什么(shénme)都(dōu)看不见(kànbujiàn)。

    Today's sun is too dazzling. I cannot see anything.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)没(méi)带(dài)太阳镜(tàiyángjìng)吗(ma)？

    Did you not bring sunglasses?

  3. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)，我(wǒ)忘(wàng)在(zài)家里(jiālǐ)了(le)，真(zhēn)耀眼(yàoyǎn)！

    No, I left them at home. So dazzling!

  4. Dengdeng

    给(gěi)你(nǐ)我的(wǒde)太阳镜(tàiyángjìng)吧(ba)，不过(bùguò)是(shì)粉色(fěnsè)的(de)。

    Take my sunglasses, but they are pink.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

湖(hú)水(shuǐ)在(zài)耀(yào)眼(yǎn)的(de)阳(yáng)光(guāng)下(xià)闪(shǎn)闪(shǎn)发(fā)亮(liàng)。

The lake was gleaming in the dazzling sunlight.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

02

舞(wǔ)台(tái)上(shàng)的(de)灯(dēng)光(guāng)太(tài)耀(yào)眼(yǎn)了(le)，我(wǒ)几(jī)乎(hū)睁(zhēng)不(bu)开(kāi)眼(yǎn)睛(jing)。

The lights on the stage were so dazzling that I could hardly open my eyes.

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