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大開眼界

daai6 hoi1 ngaan5 gaai3

da4 kai1 yan3 jie4

eye-opening, expanding one's horizons

Level: 2
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

大開眼界 / 大开眼界

This word was added by jsrwang on 5th Aug 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
開 hoi1 kai1 - open
眼 ngaan5 yan3 en3 - eye; look
界 gaai3 jie4 - boundary; limit; world

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今次環遊世界令我大開眼界 edit
Traveling around the world really expanded my horizons.

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