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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「面面相覷」.

Today, we explore the idiom 「面面相覷」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

You look at me, I look at you, and we don’t know what to do. Describes people looking at each other in silence because of fear or helplessness.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

miàn miàn xiàng qù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

min6/min2 min6 seung3 cheui3

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