guā mù xiāng kàn

刮目相看 (guā mù xiāng kàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
  2. 2to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

Characters in 刮目相看

刮guā · to scrape目mù · eye相xiāng · each other看kān · to look after

Related words

看to look after看to see; to look at看到to see相信to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true看看to take a look at看见to see; to catch sight of看来apparently节目(TV or radio) program; show看上去it would appear目标target真相the truth about sth; the actual facts目前at the present time

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