目不转睛

目不轉睛

mùbù-zhuǎnjīng

idiom HSK 7-9 #22,741

Meanings

1 to stare without blinking
2 to gaze fixedly
3 with rapt attention

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

她目不转睛地看着舞台。

Tā mùbù-zhuǎnjīng de kàn zhe wǔtái.

She stared at the stage without blinking.

HSK 7-9

孩子们目不转睛地盯着电视。

Háizi men mùbù-zhuǎnjīng de dīng zhe diànshì.

The children stared at the TV with rapt attention.

Tips

memory

目 (eyes) 不 (not) 转 (turn) 睛 (pupils) = eyes don't turn away, i.e., staring intently.

Stroke Order

目 mù

不 bù

转 zhuǎn

睛 jīng