to look around furtively or idly; to gaze about in all directions
那个孩子在商场里东张西望，好像在找他的妈妈。
The child was looking around in the shopping mall, as if searching for his mother.
Era:
Ancient
Frequency:
Story:
Jiang Xingge, from Zaoyang County in Xiangyang Prefecture, Huguang Province, married a local woman named San Qiaoer. They were deeply in love.
Xingge went to Guangdong to collect debts and did not return home for over a year.
San Qiaoer consulted a fortune-teller, who predicted her husband would return soon. Eagerly anticipating his return, she would go out every day, looking around in all directions.
Her constant gazing eventually attracted a young man named Chen Shang, who ultimately caused the breakup of Jiang Xingge's happy family.
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