face to face

face to face

Face to face, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi à NMI à nxi à NGD à, meaning to see each other speechless. Describes a situation in which there is nothing to do because of nervousness or fear. It's from qingpingshantang Yuben, the story of Li Cuilian.

The origin of Idioms

"The story of Li Cuilian, a quick talker in pingshantang language book of Qing Dynasty:" all the relatives and nine dependents were surprised to see each other face to face

Analysis of Idioms

Look at each other face to face

Idiom usage

Used as predicate, attributive, adverbial; used to describe the expression of panic