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一目了然

一目了然 yīmùliǎorán

一目了然 yīmùliǎorán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 一目了然 yīmùliǎorán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yīmùliǎorán | yi1 mu4 liao3 ran2
English translation
obvious at a glance (idiom)

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Traditional form

一目了然 yīmùliǎorán

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 一目了然 yīmùliǎorán

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

1

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of an eye.

Positional decomposition

口二

Number of Strokes

5

le

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a young child, similar to but without arms. Relation to meaning uncertain. Sometimes explained as a derivation from by cutting off the arms, depicting something being cut short or finished.

Positional decomposition

乛亅

Number of Strokes

2

rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 一目了然 yīmùliǎorán

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那组特写 tè xiě 照片 zhàopiàn 附带 fù dài de 评论 pínglùn 一目了然 yīmùliǎorán 毫无 háowú 含糊 hánhú 之处

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