yǎn​bā​bā

eagerly

  • created sense approved 眼巴巴 · yǎn​bā​bā · eagerly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼巴巴

    yǎn​bā​bā

    eagerly

    waiting or looking at something with great eagerness or anxiety; impatient

    眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 巴巴 (reduplication) → 巴 · bā · to long for

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 眼巴巴 · yǎn​bā​bā · helplessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼巴巴

    yǎn​bā​bā

    helplessly

    watching something happen while being unable to do anything about it; helpless or powerless

    眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 巴巴 (reduplication) → 巴 · ba · [suffix]

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

    created sense