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目瞪口呆

mù dèng kǒu dāi

4-character word

What 目瞪口呆 means

1. idiomdumbstruck; stupefied; stunned

The characters in 目瞪口呆

• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待

Example sentences

• 他们惊得目瞪口呆。
  Tāmen jīng de mùdèng-kǒudāi.
  They were left speechless.
• 她48岁怀上了孩子，所有人都目瞪口呆。
  Tā 48 suì huái shàng le háizi, suǒyǒu rén dōu mùdèngkǒudāi.
  Everyone was just flabbergasted that she was able to get pregnant at 48.
• 珍的男朋友一口气把整个巧克力蛋糕吃得一干二净，把珍看得目瞪口呆。
  Zhēn de nánpéngyou yīkǒuqì bǎ zhěnggè qiǎokèlì dàngāo chī de yīgān'èrjìng, bǎ zhēn kàn de mùdèngkǒudāi.
  Jane could not believe it when her date polished off an entire chocolate cake.