Chinese

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four eye field chicken; frog; the Chinese edible frog Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus
trad. (四眼田雞/四眼田鷄) 田雞/田鷄
simp. (四眼田鸡) 田鸡
 
田雞

Etymology

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Called “four-eyed frog” owing to the belief that wearing glasses causes one's eyes to become protruding (exophthalmic, like a frog's) and dull in appearance.

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Noun

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四眼田雞

  1. (figurative, colloquial, humorous or derogatory) bespectacled person; someone who wears glasses, especially a young person; four-eyes

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