目 mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
目不转睛
mùbùzhuǎnjīng
to stare fixedly; without blinking
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
睛 jīng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 孩子们目不转睛地看着魔术师手里的帽子。 Háizimen mùbùzhuǎnjīng de kàn zhe móshùshī shǒu lǐ de màozi. The children watched the hat in the magician's hand without taking their eyes off it.
- 他目不转睛地盯着屏幕，生怕错过比赛的精彩瞬间。 Tā mùbùzhuǎnjīng de dīng zhe píngmù, shēngpà cuòguò bǐsài de jīngcǎi shùnjiān. He stared unblinkingly at the screen, afraid of missing the highlights of the match.
- 小猫目不转睛地看着鱼缸里游来游去的金鱼。 Xiǎomāo mùbùzhuǎnjīng de kàn zhe yúgāng lǐ yóu lái yóu qù de jīnyú. The kitten watched the goldfish swimming back and forth in the tank without taking its eyes off them.