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Mandarin Master 7 眼红
Category: Education
Duration: 00:04:34
Publish Date: 2016-01-16 11:07:56
Description: 眼红 yǎn hóng
眼 yǎn：眼睛
红 hóng：红色
adj. green eyed 嫉妒
V. have a greedy eye on sb.

①见别人有好条件或好东西非常羡慕和忌妒：眼红人家的新手机 。 When you see someone having a better stuff or better condition than yours, you could say “ 眼红……” 比如说，眼红人家的新手机：having a green eye on somebody's new phone.
②激怒的样子
proverb:仇人相见，分外眼红。
仇人：enemy 相见：meet 分外：very 眼红：green eyed
Meeting enemies open old wouds

Example：
她一看到Jack那辆漂亮的新车就眼红
She was green when she saw Jack's beautiful new car.
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