一目了然 (yī mù liǎo rán)

Character breakdown

• 一 (yī) · 1 strokes

  A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

• 目 (mù) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of an eye.

• 了 (le) · 2 strokes

  Pictograph of a young child, similar to 子, but without arms. Compare to 孑 (child only with right arm) and 孓 (child only with left arm). The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

• 然 (rán) · 12 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 肰 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burn", now written as 燃. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Usage

这个图表让人一目了然。

obvious at a glance (idiom)

zhè ge tú biǎo ràng rén yī mù liǎo rán 。