瞠目

chēngmù
to stare

CEDICT

to stare with one's eyes wide open (often expressing anger, shock or resignation)

Wiktionary

睁大眼睛。形容愤怒、惊讶、无奈的样子。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 瞠 chēng stare at sth beyond reach
2 目 mù
  1. eye
  2. (literary) to look; to regard
  3. eye (of a net); mesh
  4. mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数 mùshù)
  5. item; section
  6. list; catalogue
  7. (taxonomy) order
  8. name; title

Containing this entry

瞠目以对 chēngmùyǐduì
  1. to return only a blank stare
  2. to stare back
瞠目结舌 chēngmùjiéshé (idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned

Related entries

发直 fāzhí
  1. to stare
  2. to look blank
  3. to be fixed (of eyes)
睢 suī to stare
目不转睛 mùbùzhuǎnjīng
  1. unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily
  2. to stare
瞪眼 dèngyǎn
  1. to open one's eyes wide
  2. to stare
  3. to glare (at sb)
  4. to scowl
說好要瞪眼比賽的呀！

I said we're doing a staring contest!

Source: Tatoeba

凝 níng
  1. to congeal
  2. to concentrate attention
  3. to stare
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