Looking through the waters of autumn

[Idiomatic expression] Autumn waters: a metaphor for a person's eyes. The eyes are pierced through. It describes the earnest hope for friends and relatives in faraway places.

[Allusion source] Qing Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi Fengyang Shi Ren": looking through the waters of autumn, not seeing home again.

Translation: I have looked through the eyes, but I haven't seen him come back yet.

[Near synonym] Looking through the eyes

[Usage] Commonly used

[Emotional color] Positive word

[Grammatical usage] As predicate, object, determiner; describing the earnest hope for distant friends and relatives

[Idiomatic structure] Movable-object tense

[Generation date] Ancient times

This is the first time that the Chinese idiom of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Feng Yang Shi Shi Ren (聊斋志异凤阳士人) has been used.

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Near synonyms: look through the eyes

[Idiomatic expression] To look through the eyes. The idiom of "to look through the eyes" describes the eagerness of the eyes to see.

[Allusion source] Shatin's "Howl": but he put on his glasses and still accepted her plea. Just as he dealt with the other groups of eagerly awaiting resistance.

[Near synonyms] look through the autumn water, powerless, unable to do anything

[Antonyms] left and right

[Usage] commonly used

[Sentimentality] commendatory

[Grammatical usage] used as predicate, determiner, and adjective; used to look forward to a person

[Idiomatic structure] partial formality

[Generation date] Ancient times