yǎn​kàn HSK6

soon

眼看 yǎn​kàn
soon verb
about to happen very soon; in a moment

It looks like it's about to rain; let's hurry.

look on verb
to watch something happen, often passively or helplessly

I can't just watch him walk toward failure without warning him.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.64 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
11.0 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 6

Sources

Definitions
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