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Obvious at a glance (idiom) in Chinese: 一目了然 (yī mù liǎo rán)

yī mù liǎo rán

obvious at a glance (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1obvious at a glance (idiom)

Stroke order

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目
了
然

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄇㄨˋ

mù

ㄇ/ mㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄧㄠˇ

liǎo

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这张图很清楚，一目了然。

    zhè zhāng tú hěn qīng chǔ， yí mù liǎo rán。

    This chart is so clear that everything is obvious at a glance.

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Related words

了

le

(completed action marker)

一

yī

one

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

除了

chú le

besides

当然

dāng rán

only natural

节目

jié mù

program

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

为了

wèi le

for

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