yīmùshíháng

一目十行

Word · Idiom

read ten lines at a glance; read very rapidly

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

idiom

to read ten lines at one glance (idiom); to read very rapidly

Used to describe someone with exceptional reading speed. Can function as a predicate or attributive modifier in sentences.

Tā他
kàn看
shū书
yī一
mù目
shí十
háng行
 ,
bù不
dào到
yī一
xiǎo小
shí时
jiù就
dú读
wán完
le了
zhěng整
běn本
shū书
 。

He reads ten lines at a glance, finishing the whole book in less than an hour.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
xùn训
liàn练
néng能
ràng让
nǐ你
dá达
dào到
yī一
mù目
shí十
háng行
de的
yuè阅
dú读
shuǐ水
píng平
 。

This kind of training can enable you to achieve a reading level of ten lines at a glance.

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Tā她
yī一
mù目
shí十
háng行
de地
liú浏
lǎn览
zhe着
jīn今
tiān天
de的
bào报
zhǐ纸
 。

She skimmed through today's newspaper, reading ten lines at a glance.