目不转睛/目不轉睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng — unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily

Meanings

1. 1

   unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily

   unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare

   expression

Character breakdown

• 目

  mù (fourth tone, falling)

  eye; an item or entry in a list (目录 a table of contents)

  5 strokesRadical 目
• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一

Words containing 目

• 目前mù (fourth tone, falling) qián (second tone, rising)at the present time
• 目标/目標mù (fourth tone, falling) biāo (first tone, high and level)target
• 项目/項目xiàng (fourth tone, falling) mù (fourth tone, falling)item
• 目的mùdì (fourth tone, falling)purpose, goal, aim
• 节目/節目jiémù (second tone, rising)programme, show (on television or radio)
• 目光mù (fourth tone, falling) guāng (first tone, high and level)sight
• 数目/數目shù (fourth tone, falling) mù (fourth tone, falling)amount
• 盲目máng (second tone, rising) mù (fourth tone, falling)blind
• 题目/題目tí (second tone, rising) mù (fourth tone, falling)subject
• 目的地mù (fourth tone, falling) dì (fourth tone, falling) dì (fourth tone, falling)destination (location)
• 心目xīn (first tone, high and level) mù (fourth tone, falling)mind
• 目录/目錄mù (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)catalog
• 目睹mù (fourth tone, falling) dǔ (third tone, dipping)to witness
• 引人注目yǐn (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising) zhù (fourth tone, falling) mù (fourth tone, falling)to attract attention
• 瞩目/矚目zhǔ (third tone, dipping) mù (fourth tone, falling)to focus attention upon
• 醒目xǐng (third tone, dipping) mù (fourth tone, falling)eye-grabbing (headline)
• 栏目/欄目lán (second tone, rising) mù (fourth tone, falling)regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program)
• 科目kē (first tone, high and level) mù (fourth tone, falling)subject

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
• 不错/不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
• 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
• 不断/不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
• 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
• 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
• 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
• 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
• 不够/不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
• 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
• 不仅/不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)