hǔ shì dān dān

Traditional: 虎視眈眈

虎视眈眈 (hǔ shì dān dān) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); fig. to eye covetously”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to eye covetously

Characters in 虎视眈眈

虎hǔ · tiger视shì · (literary, or bound form) to look at眈dān · used in 眈眈[dan1 dan1]眈dān · used in 眈眈[dan1 dan1]

Related words

电视television; TV监视to monitor视频video电视台television station电视台variant of 電視台|电视台[dian4 shi4 tai2]视(literary, or bound form) to look at视variant of 視|视[shi4]视old variant of 視|视[shi4]虎tiger视线line of sight电视剧TV series无视to ignore; to disregard

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