zhāngfēichuānzhēn
wide-eyed and helpless
- wide-eyed and helpless
- literally "Zhang Fei threads a needle"; a two-part allegorical saying meaning that because the legendary warrior Zhang Fei had huge eyes and the eye of a needle is tiny, he could only stare at it; describes people staring at each other in bewilderment, having no idea what to do, as in the phrase 大眼瞪小眼 dàyǎndèngxiǎoyǎn
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- 大眼瞪小眼 dàyǎndèngxiǎoyǎn