瞩目

zhǔmù · HSK 7

to focus attention upon

👀 瞩 gaze + 目 eye = eyes locked on; 瞩 even carries the 目 eye radical, doubling down on looking

瞩目 stacks two looking pieces: 瞩 (to gaze, built on the 目 eye radical with 属 zhǔ giving the sound) plus a second 目 eye. Two eyes' worth of looking = attention fixed firmly on something. The whole word reads zhǔmù.

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