face to face

face to face

Face to face, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi à NMI à nxi à ngku à, meaning you look at me, I look at you, do not know what to do; describe people because of fear or helplessness and look at each other, do not speak. From Haizhi.

Idiom explanation

Look.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Dai's Haizhi of the Ming Dynasty: "when the boat rises like a jolt, all the people are dazzled in their sleep. When they are stifled, they just look at each other face to face."

Analysis of Idioms

Look at each other face to face

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as predicate, attribute and adverbial; used to describe the expression of panic. There are dozens of people outside the wall, each with a look of surprise. Chapter 94 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "sheyue and others ask questions in different places according to their words, but everyone is not aware of them, and everyone is surprised. She Yue and so on come back, all gape and stare at each other He pointed to the clothes and said to Yu's father and son, "where do you think the clothes came from?" Yu's father and son looked at each other and couldn't come back. The fourth chapter of Liu e's Lao Can's travels in Qing Dynasty