面面相覷

简 面面相觑 · 繁 面面相覷
Mandarin · pinyin miàn miàn xiāng qù

Meanings

  1. to look at each other in dismay (idiom)
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面
miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
相
xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
覷
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觑
qù · peep at; watch, spy on
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4–4–1–4 · mian4 mian4 xiang1 qu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

min6 min6 soeng1 ceoi3

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min6 min6 soeng1 ceoi3

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  1. (idiomatic) to look at each other (in fear) without knowing what to do; to look at each other in blank dismay

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