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虎视眈眈

hǔ shì dān dān

4-character word Traditional 虎視眈眈

What 虎视眈眈 means

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

The characters in 虎视眈眈

• 虎hǔtiger
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 眈dānused in 眈眈
• 眈dānused in 眈眈

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