粵

虎fu2視si6眈daam1眈daam1

simp虎视眈眈
fu2 si6 daam1 daam1hǔ shì dān dān

English

  1. (lit.) to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to eye covetously
  3. like a tiger intently keeping an eye on its prey; to be inquisitive towards something; to eye something as if it is a prey

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 鎖定一件事物,非常希望可以得到佢

Examples

  • 呢位富翁嘅仔女對佢嘅遺產虎視眈眈。

    The children of this tycoon are greedily eyeing his inheritance.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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