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Chinese
Etymology
From I Ching, Hexagram 27 (《易经·頤卦》):
六四：顛頤，吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
六四：颠颐，吉，虎视眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Liùsì: diān yí, jí, hǔshì dāndān, qí yù zhúzhú, wú jiù.
- The fourth SIX, divided, shows one looking downwards for (the power to) nourish. There will be good fortune. Looking with a tiger's downward unwavering glare, and with his desire that impels him to spring after spring, he will fall into no error.
Pronunciation
Idiom
虎視眈眈
- to glare like a tiger watching its prey; to glare at with fierceness; to keep a vigilant eye on; to eye covetously
Descendants