目
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Looking and sleeping are done by the same single eye
The picture A single eye stood upright inside the character, the pupil rolling in it. 目 is the eye that looks and closes, 口 is the mouth that eats and speaks.
Where the picture shows up in 目
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the eyeball itself
我的眼睛有点疼。
wǒ de yǎnjing yǒudiǎn téng
My eyes hurt a little.
A pupil rolling inside an eye stood upright
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a hand over the eye, aimed
请看这里的说明。
qǐng kàn zhèlǐ de shuōmíng
Please look at the instructions here.
A hand over the brow blocking the light while the eye fixes on one spot
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the eye closing downward
孩子已经睡了。
háizi yǐjīng shuì le
The child is already asleep.
The lid coming slowly down over the eye and stopping there
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the gaze driven into one spot
他一直盯着手机。
tā yìzhí dīng zhe shǒujī
He's been staring at his phone nonstop.
A line out of the eye nailed to the screen and not coming loose
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the eye shutting and opening fast
她紧张得一直眨眼。
tā jǐnzhāng de yìzhí zhǎ yǎn
She's so nervous she keeps blinking.
The eyelid going down and up again without a pause
All of it in one picture
目 is one eye stood on end. Let the pupil roll inside it and it is an eye; shade it with a hand and aim it at one spot and it is looking. Let the lid come down over it and it is sleeping; drive the gaze in like a nail and it is staring. Let the lid go up and down without rest and it is blinking.