刮目相看 in English gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to have a whole new level of respect for somebody or sth
  • to sit up and take notice (of somebody's improved performance and so on)

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Pinyin

gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

gua1to scrape mu4eye xiang1surname Xiang kan4to look after