"Sight" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 目光 | mù guāng | gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision |   |
| 风光 | fēng guāng | scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) | |
| 视觉 | shì jué | sight / vision / visual | |
| 景象 | jǐng xiàng | scene / sight (to behold) | |
| 瞄准具 | miáo zhǔn jù | sighting device / sight (for a firearm etc) | |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see / to catch sight of | |
| 聪明 | cōng ming | intelligent / clever / bright / acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 视线 | shì xiàn | line of sight | |
| 壮观 | zhuàng guān | spectacular / magnificent sight | |
| 春光 | chūn guāng | scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair | |
| 在即 | zài jí | near at hand / imminent / within sight | |
| 旅游景点 | lu:3 yóu jǐng diǎn | tourist attraction / travel sight | |
| 第一眼 | dì yī yǎn | at first glance / at first sight | |
| 一见钟情 | yī jiàn zhōng qíng | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) | |
| 奇观 | qí guān | spectacle / impressive sight | |
| 不好看 | bù hǎo kàn | unattractive / sore sight | |
| 台面 | tái miàn | tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake | |
| 触目惊心 | chù mù jīng xīn | lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) / shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight | |
| 奇景 | qí jǐng | wonderful scenery / amazing sight / (fig.) marvel | |
| 金碧辉煌 | jīn bì huī huáng | gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) | |
| 一见如故 | yī jiàn rú gù | familiarity at first sight | |
| 望而却步 | wàng ér què bù | lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred | |
| 标尺 | biāo chǐ | surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight | |
| 矫治 | jiǎo zhì | to correct (e.g. sight or hearing) / to rectify / to cure | |
| 熟视无睹 | shú shì wú dǔ | to pay no attention to a familiar sight / to ignore | |
| 准星 | zhǔn xīng | front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard | |
| 顾此失彼 | gù cǐ shī bǐ | lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other | |
| 可望而不可及 | kě wàng ér bù kě jí | (idiom) in sight but beyond reach / unattainable / inaccessible | |
| 功败垂成 | gōng bài chuí chéng | to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory | |
| 官能 | guān néng | organic function / physical faculty / sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc) | |
| 望风而逃 | wàng fēng ér táo | to flee at the mere sight of (idiom) | |
| 蔚为大观 | wèi wéi dà guān | to afford a magnificent sight (idiom) / enchanting | |
| 表尺 | biǎo chǐ | rear sight (of a gun) | |
| 板 |  pàn | to catch sight of in a doorway (old) | |
| 尖 | jiān | pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop | |
| 一见倾心 | yī jiàn qīng xīn | love at first sight | |
| 怵目惊心 | chù mù jīng xīn | lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) / shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight / also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心 | |
| 见钱眼开 | jiàn qián yǎn kāi | to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing | |
| 触目伤心 | chù mù shāng xīn | distressing sight (idiom) | |
| 空无一人 | kōng wú yī rén | not a soul in sight (idiom) | |
| 血晕 | xuè yùn | coma caused by loss of blood / fainting at the sight of blood / Taiwan pr. [xie3 yun1] | |
| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng | lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy | |
| 惨景 | cǎn jǐng | wretched sight | |
| 望远瞄准镜 | wàng yuǎn miáo zhǔn jìng | telescopic sight / scope (on a rifle) | |
| 杳茫 | yǎo máng | distant and out of sight | |
| 熟无熟手 | shú wú shú shǒu | not to notice a familiar sight / blind to sth | |
| 看惯 | kàn guàn | to be used to the sight of | |
| 老耄 | lǎo mào | dim sight of the aged / doddering / senile | |
| 见票即付 | jiàn piào jí fù | payable at sight / payable to bearer | |
| 遐眺 | xiá tiào | to stretch one's sight as far as possible | |
| 夜视瞄准具 | yè shì miáo zhǔn jù | night-viewing weapon sight / night-vision weapon sight | |
| 光学瞄准具 | optical sight / telescopic sight | | |
| 觇孔瞄准具 | aperture sight / eyehole / peep sight / ring sight; | | |
| 孔径瞄准具 | aperture sight / eyehole / peep sight / ring sight; | | |
| 望远瞄准镜 | wàng yuǎn miào zhǔn jìng | telescopic sight / scope (on a rifle) | |
| 随喜 | suí xǐ | (Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds / to join in charitable deeds / to tour temples | |
| 胜利在望 | shèng lì zài wàng | victory is in sight | |
| 重光 | chóng guāng | to recover one's sight / (fig.) to recover (lost territories) | |
| 雪藏 | xuě cáng | to keep sth in cold storage / (fig.) to suspend a performer or sports player (as punishment) / to keep sb or sth out of sight until the right moment (e.g. a key player on a sports team) | |
| 磕糖 | kē táng | (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate / to lap it up when one sees a couple whom one ships kissing or cuddling | |
