yǎn​kàn​zhe

to watch helplessly

眼看着 眼看著 yǎn​kàn​zhe
to watch helplessly verb
To look on passively or without being able to intervene while something happens; to witness helplessly.

We waited and waited, watching as things deteriorated even further.

soon
In a very short time; in a moment; used to describe something that is clearly about to happen.

Frequency

Written text
4.85 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)