look at each other in fear

look at each other in fear

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā ng ù sh ī s è, meaning you look at me, I look at you, scared face changed. It comes from the biography of Duan Xiyao.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Duan Xiyao in the book of Zhou in the history of the Old Five Dynasties, "envoys in Wu and Yue, and boating across the sea, the wind and waves burst up, and the boating masters and servants all looked down upon each other."

Idiom usage

To be surprised; be surprised

Examples

Five people look at each other, regret to drink their wine. Volume 113 of seven signatures of Cloud Collection by Zhang Junfang in Song Dynasty

Idiom story

During the Five Dynasties period, Duan Xiyao was diligent, hardworking, and had a good moral character. He joined the army as a recorder in the later Tang Dynasty and became a right admonishing doctor in the later Jin Dynasty. He was sent to Wuyue to do business. When he sailed in the sea, the weather changed greatly, the wind was strong, and his followers were indifferent to each other. Only he was calm and self-confident.