目不转睛

• 拼音: mù bù zhuǎn jīng
• 汉字拆解: 目 = eye (pictograph); 不 = negation; 转 = 车(wheel) + 专(turn, phonetic) — to rotate; 睛 = 目(eye) + 青(clear/blue, phonetic) — the pupil of the eye

含义

To stare fixedly without blinking; to gaze intently at something without looking away.

A four-character idiom (成语) describing complete visual absorption in something. Used to convey intense concentration, fascination, or vigilance. Common in literary descriptions and everyday speech.

例句

1. 观众们目不转睛地盯着舞台，生怕错过演员的每一个细微表情。
2. 她目不转睛地注视着屏幕上滚动的数据，试图从中找出异常的规律。
3. 孩子目不转睛地看着魔术师的双手，想要找出藏在戏法背后的秘密。

用法指南

语境: literary description, everyday speech, narrative writing

语气: vivid/descriptive

正确说法

• 他目不转睛地凝视着远处的山峰，心中涌起一股难以言表的震撼与敬畏。(He gazed fixedly at the distant mountain peaks, a sense of awe and wonder beyond words welling up within him.)
• 两位棋手在对弈时均目不转睛，场面凝重而充满张力。(Both players stared unblinkingly at the board during the match, the atmosphere tense and charged with concentration.)

错误说法

• 把'目不转睛'用于描述心不在焉的注视 (目不转睛 specifically implies intense, absorbed attention — it cannot describe a blank or distracted stare)

起源与历史

目(eye) + 不(not) + 转(turn/move) + 睛(eyeball/pupil). Literally 'eyes not turning their pupils' — describing a fixed, unblinking gaze.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal