Need help with translation of 二つの点がちょうど目みたいに見える


My understanding is that both みたいに and 見える means "look like" so how can they
occur in the same sentence?




-みたいに is an adjectival suffix meaning -like in the adverbial form, something close to "in a _-like way". 見える is a verb that is modified by ちょうど and 目みたいに.

>   * 二つの点が: two dots
>   * ちょうど: exactly
>   * 目みたいに: like eyes
>   * 見える: appear
>

(The) two dots look just like eyes.




-みたいに is an adjectival suffix meaning -like in the adverbial form, something close to "in a _-like way". 見える is a verb that is modified by ちょうど and 目みたいに.

>   * 二つの点が: two dots
>   * ちょうど: exactly
>   * 目みたいに: like eyes
>   * 見える: appear
>

(The) two dots look just like eyes.

