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眼睜睜

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

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

Usage

我 眼睜睜 看著 他 離開。

I watched helplessly as he left.

我們 眼睜睜 看著 比賽 輸 了。

We could only watch helplessly as we lost the game.

他 眼睜睜 看著 東西 被 搶 走。

He watched helplessly as his things get stolen.