眼睁睁 yǎnzhēngzhēng helplessly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 眼睁睁 (眼睜睜) yǎnzhēngzhēng helplessly adverb to watch an event (typically a negative one) unfold without being able to or choosing to intervene 他只能眼睁睁地看着机会从指缝中溜走。 tā zhǐ néng yǎnzhēngzhēng de kàn zhe jīhuì cóng zhǐfèng zhōng liūzǒu. He could only watch helplessly as the opportunity slipped through his fingers. blankly adverb to stare with eyes wide open, often while in a daze or unable to sleep 他眼睁睁地坐了一个下午，一句话也没说。 tā yǎnzhēngzhēng de zuò le yī gè xiàwǔ, yī jù huà yě méi shuō. He sat there staring blankly all afternoon without saying a word. Frequency Movie subtitles 8.20 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 3.79 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
眼睁睁 (眼睜睜) yǎnzhēngzhēng helplessly adverb to watch an event (typically a negative one) unfold without being able to or choosing to intervene 他只能眼睁睁地看着机会从指缝中溜走。 tā zhǐ néng yǎnzhēngzhēng de kàn zhe jīhuì cóng zhǐfèng zhōng liūzǒu. He could only watch helplessly as the opportunity slipped through his fingers. blankly adverb to stare with eyes wide open, often while in a daze or unable to sleep 他眼睁睁地坐了一个下午，一句话也没说。 tā yǎnzhēngzhēng de zuò le yī gè xiàwǔ, yī jù huà yě méi shuō. He sat there staring blankly all afternoon without saying a word. Frequency Movie subtitles 8.20 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 3.79 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
