張飛穿針
zhāng​fēi​chuān​zhēn

wide-eyed and helpless

  • created reference approved 张飞穿针/張飛穿針 → 大眼瞪小眼 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    张飞穿针 / 張飛穿針 zhāng​fēi​chuān​zhēn

    大眼瞪小眼 dà​yǎn​dèng​xiǎo​yǎn

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  • created sense approved 张飞穿针/張飛穿針 · zhāng​fēi​chuān​zhēn · wide-eyed and helpless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    张飞穿针 / 張飛穿針

    zhāng​fēi​chuān​zhēn

    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|大眼瞪小眼|da4 yan3 deng4 xiao3 yan3]]

    张飞 (literal) → 张飞/張飛 · zhāng​fēi · Zhang Fei 穿针 (literal) → 穿针/穿針 · chuān​zhēn · to thread a needle

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