瞄 miáo to take aim at
怎么记住“瞄”: 目 eye + 苗 sprouts = to take aim at. Closing one eye, the farmer spots a rabbit nibbling her young sprouts and lifts the garden hose to take aim at it.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
瞄 = 目 eye + 苗 sprouts
- 目 eye meaning
- 苗 sprouts sound
Closing one eye, the farmer spots a rabbit nibbling her young sprouts and lifts the garden hose to take aim at it.
How it came to be
The eye gives the meaning and the sprouts the sound.
用法
- To take aim at / fix one's gaze on: 瞄准 (miáozhǔn): to aim (a gun, or figuratively a target/market): 瞄准市场 (miáozhǔn shìchǎng) to target a market. 瞄一眼 (miáo yì yǎn) colloquially means to shoot a quick glance.