目 mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
目瞪口呆
mùdèngkǒudāi
dumbfounded; stunned speechless
Characters in this word
口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 看到魔术师把大象变没了，观众都目瞪口呆。 Kàn dào móshùshī bǎ dàxiàng biàn méi le, guānzhòng dōu mùdèngkǒudāi. Seeing the magician make the elephant vanish, the audience was dumbstruck.
- 他看到成绩单上的分数，一下子目瞪口呆。 Tā kàn dào chéngjìdān shàng de fēnshù, yíxiàzi mùdèngkǒudāi. He saw the score on his report card and was struck dumb.
- 一进门，我们就被满屋子的气球惊得目瞪口呆。 Yí jìn mén, wǒmen jiù bèi mǎn wūzi de qìqiú jīng de mùdèngkǒudāi. As soon as we entered, the room full of balloons left us stunned.