干瞪眼
gān​dèng​yǎn

to watch helplessly

  • created sense approved 干瞪眼/乾瞪眼 · gān​dèng​yǎn · to watch helplessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    干瞪眼 / 乾瞪眼

    gān​dèng​yǎn

    to watch helplessly

    to stand by anxiously or in despair, unable to help or find a way to act in a difficult situation

    干 (literal) → 干/乾 · gān · for nothing 瞪眼 (literal) → 瞪眼 · dèng​yǎn · to look on helplessly

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense