yǎn​kàn​zhe

to watch helplessly

  • created sense approved 眼看着/眼看著 · yǎn​kàn​zhe · to watch helplessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼看着 / 眼看著

    yǎn​kàn​zhe

    to watch helplessly

    To look on passively or without being able to intervene while something happens; to witness helplessly.

    眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 看着 (literal) → 看着/看著 · kàn​zhe · looking at

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 眼看着/眼看著 · yǎn​kàn​zhe · soon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼看着 / 眼看著

    yǎn​kàn​zhe

    soon

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

    眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 看着 (literal) → 看着/看著 · kàn​zhe · looking at

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

    created sense