bái​dèng​yǎn

to be helpless

  • created sense approved 白瞪眼 · bái​dèng​yǎn · to be helpless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    白瞪眼

    bái​dèng​yǎn

    to be helpless

    To stare wide-eyed in frustration or anxiety while being unable to do anything; to be at a loss for what to do

    白, 瞪眼

    白 (literal) → 白 · bái · [vain] 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