乾瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to watch helplessly

CHARACTERS

乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
瞪 dèng
HSK 6
stare at
眼 yǎn
HSK 2
eye; eyelet, hole, opening