刮目相看

guā mù xiāng kàn

Meaning

to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

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Characters

刮guāto shave; to scrape; to blow舌刂目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic口二相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other木目看kànto look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize手目

Examples

我对你刮目相看了。

Wǒ duì nǐ guā mù xiāng kàn le.

I'm seeing you in a new light.