眼清清

yǎnqīngqīng

adjective

Meanings

1 wide-eyed and helpless
2 looking on with open eyes, unable to act

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

我们只能眼清清地站在那里，什么也做不了。

Wǒmen zhǐnéng yǎnqīngqīng de zhàn zài nàlǐ, shénme yě zuò bù liǎo.

We could only stand there wide-eyed, unable to do anything.

HSK 7-9

他眼清清地看着机会从眼前溜走。

Tā yǎnqīngqīng de kàn zhe jīhuì cóng yǎnqián liūzǒu.

He watched helplessly as the chance slipped away in front of him.

Tips

register

Old-fashioned, with the same feel as 眼巴巴 or 眼睁睁. Mostly found in older fiction.

Stroke Order

眼 yǎn

清 qīng