眼光光

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Chinese

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eye
simp. and trad.
(眼光光)
光光

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Adjective

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眼光光

  1. (Cantonese) One's eyes wide open or staying open:
    1. to be helpless, powerless, at a loss what to do
      乞兒眼光光睇住人哋食飯自己冇得真係冇陰功 [Cantonese, trad.]
      乞儿眼光光睇住人哋食饭自己冇得真系冇阴功 [Cantonese, simp.]
      go3 hat1 ji4-1 ngaan5 gwong1 gwong1 tai2 zyu6 jan4 dei6 sik6 faan6, zi6 gei2 jat1 lap1 mai5 dou1 mou5 dak1 sik6, zan1 hai6 mou5 jam1 gung1! [Jyutping]
      The beggar just looked helplessly at other people eating without a grain of rice for himself to eat. What a pity!
    2. to be unable to sleep, to have insomnia
      成晚眼光光天花板瞓唔著 [Cantonese, trad.]
      成晚眼光光天花板𰥛唔着 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 seng4 maan5 ngaan5 gwong1 gwong1 mong6 zyu6 tin1 faa1 baan2, dou1 fan3 m4 zoek6. [Jyutping]
      My eyes were wide open looking at the ceiling; I couldn't even sleep.
    3. to glaze over; to have dull eyes