- to apply eye drops
- (fig.) to speak ill of sb
- to bad-mouth
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to apply eye drops
- to speak ill of sb
- to bad-mouth
This meaning refers to the action of putting medication, usually in liquid form, directly into the eyes to treat or relieve discomfort.
She has to apply eye drops to her eyes every day.
The doctor recommends using this solution for eye drops.
This meaning describes the act of talking negatively about someone, often behind their back or in a derogatory manner.
He always speaks ill of others in front of his friends.
Please don't bad-mouth anyone behind their back, it's impolite.
This meaning is similar to the previous one, emphasizing the act of derogatory talk or gossip aimed at discrediting someone.
She shouldn't bad-mouth others on social media.
He lost a lot of friends after bad-mouthing others.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shàng yǎn yào上眼药to apply eye dropsgěi给yǎn jing眼睛shàng yǎn yào上眼药to put eye drops in one's eyespín fán频繁shàng yǎn yào上眼药frequently applying eye dropsshàng yǎn yào上眼药shí时when applying eye dropstā他zǒng shì总是shàng yǎn yào上眼药He always bad-mouths others.zài在bèi hòu背后shàng yǎn yào上眼药to speak ill of someone behind their backzhè yàng这样shàng yǎn yào上眼药duì对tā她bù不gōng píng公平It's unfair to speak ill of her like this.Bié别zài再shàng yǎn yào上眼药le了Stop bad-mouthing already.shàng yǎn yào上眼药de的māo猫a cat that speaks ill of othersshàng yǎn yào上眼药jì qiǎo技巧techniques for applying eye dropsguò liàng过量shàng yǎn yào上眼药overusing eye dropswú duān无端shàng yǎn yào上眼药to bad-mouth someone without reason