眼清清

yǎnqīngqīng

adjective

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

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.

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.

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