mò

眽

Character · Verb

see "脉脉" (lovingly gazing)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples
1.

verb

(archaic) to gaze lovingly

literary

This character is archaic and only used in the reduplicated form "眽眽" (or 脉脉) to describe a tender, affectionate gaze. The modern standard form is 脉脉. It is a literary and poetic term.

Yíng盈
yíng盈
yī一
shuǐ水
jiān间
 ，
mò脉
mò脉
bù不
dé得
yǔ语
 。
 （
 《
 古
 诗
 十
 九
 首
 》
 ）

Across the clear, shallow stream, they gaze at each other without being able to speak.