The pinyin of "looking at each other face to face": [miàn miàn sī qù], explanation: looking at each other at a loss. Describes a look of fear or surprise.

Detailed meaning: looking at each other speechlessly. To describe being helpless due to nervousness or fear.

The two entered the building and saw three corpses lying in a pool of blood. They were so shocked that they became speechless. ◎Chapter 31 of "Water Margin" by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

Source: "Kingben Popular Novel: Grinding the Jade Guanyin": "[Cui Ning] went home to ask his father-in-law and his mother-in-law, and the two looked at each other in confusion."

Example sentences: 1. After Jiang Chen finished speaking, everyone was stunned, ~.

2. As soon as the voting results came out, everyone was dumbfounded and looked at each other in confusion. Even the person involved, Yang Lin, did not expect this situation.