道路以目
dào​lù​yǐ​mù

to exchange glances in the street

  • created sense approved 道路以目 · dào​lù​yǐ​mù · to exchange glances in the street — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    道路以目

    dào​lù​yǐ​mù

    to exchange glances in the street

    To be so terrified by a tyrannical government that people dare not speak to each other in public, instead conveying their anger or recognition only through eye contact.

    道路 (literal) → 道路 · dào​lù · road 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 目 (literal) → 目 · mù · to look

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

    created sense