dāi

foolish; stupid (variant of 呆[dai1])

expressionless; blank (variant of 呆[dai1])

mouth (口) + wood (木) = wooden-faced and blank

A mouth that is wooden — stiff, slack, and unresponsive. The image captures the frozen quality of a blank, empty stare.

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MouthSemantic
WoodSemantic

他听到坏消息,脸上露出一副呆的表情。

tā tīng dào huài xiāo xi, liǎn shàng lù chū yī fù dāi dāi de biǎo qíng。

When he heard the bad news, a blank expression appeared on his face.

她站在那里,眼神发,好像没有听到别人说话。

tā zhàn zài nà lǐ, yǎn shén fā dāi, hǎo xiàng méi yǒu tīng dào bié rén shuō huà。

She stood there with a blank stare, as if she had not heard anyone speaking.

Words with 呆

惊呆

jīng dāi

stupefied; stunned

呆住

dāi zhù

to be dumbfounded

呆傻

dāi shǎ

stupid

呆子

dāi zi

fool

呆帐

dāi zhàng

bad debt

呆扳手

dāi bān shǒu

open spanner

呆会儿

dāi huì r

variant of 待會兒|待会儿[dai1 hui4 r5]

呆板

dāi bǎn

stiff

呆根

dāi gēn

(literary) idiot

呆滞

dāi zhì

dull

呆瓜

dāi guā

idiot

呆站

dāi zhàn

to stand idly

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