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眼睁睁

to watch helplessly

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Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

yan3zheng1zheng1 • yǎnzhēngzhēng

Meaning

Primary

to watch helplessly

Alternatives

watch helplessly, watched helplessly, washes helplessly, watching helplessly, to helplessly watch, helplessly watch

Mnemonic

眼睁睁 To watch helplessly is to watch something with your 眼 eye and doing nothing other than 睁 opening your eye larger and then 睁 opening your eye larger again as it unfolds and you can do nothing other than watch.

Usage

我 眼睁睁 看着 他 离开。

I watched helplessly as he left.

我们 眼睁睁 看着 比赛 输 了。

We could only watch helplessly as we lost the game.

他 眼睁睁 看着 东西 被 抢 走。

He watched helplessly as his things get stolen.