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眈

dān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to gaze intently; to glare

Examples

狼对着羊群虎视眈眈。
Láng duì zhe yángqún hǔshìdāndān.
The wolf glared hungrily at the flock.
竞争对手对这个市场虎视眈眈。
Jìngzhēng duìshǒu duì zhège shìchǎng hǔshìdāndān.
A rival company is eyeing this market covetously.

Tips

usage
眈 survives almost only doubled in 虎视眈眈 — 'eyeing like a tiger,' staring greedily at something one wants to seize. Rarely used outside this idiom.

Components

radical
目 mù
eye
The eye radical on the left. It marks an action of looking — here a fixed, intent stare. The radical groups 眈 with 看, 瞪, and 盯, all about the use of the eyes.
phonetic
冘 yín
phonetic component
Supplies the sound, with the reading drifting to dān. It contributes only pronunciation; the same element appears in 沈 and 枕 with related sounds.

Stroke Order

眈 dān