| 大眼瞪小眼 |
dà yǎn dèng xiǎo yǎn |
(idiom) to look at each other, not knowing what to do |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
| 瞪 |
dèng |
to open (one's eyes) wide / to stare at / to glare at |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |