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白瞪眼

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Collocation

1
只能白瞪眼
2
气得白瞪眼
3
急得白瞪眼
4
不能白瞪眼

Definition

白瞪眼

Literally means:

stare in vain

Actually means:

瞪眼 means feeling worried and upset. This phrase means one has no effective solution to a problem, but only worries about it in vain.

瞪眼,着急。白瞪眼,比喻有问题却没办法解决,只能干着急。

Example

Used as predicate, object or complement. (作谓语、宾语、补语)
1
nián
  
,
huàféi
化肥
de
jiàqian
价钱
hěn
guì
  
,
bìngqiě
并且
hái
de
zǒuhòumén
走后门
cái
néng
mǎi
dào
  
,
duō
许多
nóngmín
农民
jiùshì
就是
yǒu
qián
bái
dèngyǎn
瞪眼
  

In those years, fertilizer was expensive and had to go through the back door to buy it, and many farmers were rich and blind.

2
shìqing
事情
lòng
de
tuánzāo
一团糟
  
,
men
你们
děi
gǎnkuài
赶快
xiǎng
bàn
办法
jiù
补救
  
,
néng
báidèngyǎn
白瞪眼
  

He's made a mess of it, you've got to find a way to fix it, you can't stare.

3
Xiǎomíng
小明
kàndào
看到
gāng
zuòhǎo
做好
de
zuò
作业
bèi
dǒngshì
懂事
de
mèimei
妹妹
huà
de
luànzāo
乱七八糟
  
,
de
bái
dèngyǎn
瞪眼
  

Xiaoming saw that the homework just done was painted by his insanity sister in a mess, angry and white stare.