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瞪

dèng

to stare; to glare

A person with wide eyes and drawn-down brows
Memory picture

Character

瞪 dèng

Strokes
17
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
目 eye 登 to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 弟弟瞪了我一眼,什么话也没说就走了。 Dìdi dèng le wǒ yì yǎn, shénme huà yě méi shuō jiù zǒu le. My younger brother glared at me and left without saying a word.
  • 她瞪大眼睛,看着桌上的大蛋糕。 Tā dèngdà yǎnjing, kàn zhe zhuō shàng de dà dàngāo. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the big cake on the table.
  • 别瞪着我,我不是故意的。 Bié dèng zhe wǒ, wǒ bú shì gùyì de. Don't glare at me; I didn't do it on purpose.

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