眼中钉 yǎn zhōng dīng

a thorn in one's side

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 19690th word

Definitions

  1. 1. a thorn in one's side

Characters

Character Meaning
眼 yǎn HSK 2
eye; crux (of a matter); small hole
中 zhōng HSK 1
in; within; middle
钉 dīng HSK 6
nail; variant of 盯dīng; to follow closely