眼不見為淨

Chinese

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to see; to meet; to appear; to interview

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because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become

!clean; completely; only |- !trad. (眼不見為淨) | 眼 | 不 | 見 | 為 | 淨 |- !simp. (眼不见为净) | 眼 | 不 | 见 | 为 | 净 |}

Etymology

Literally: (if the) eye does not see (it, it) is clean

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng [Phonetic: yǎn bú jiàn wéi jìng]
      • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean bu4 jiann wei jinq
      • IPA (key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

眼不見為淨

  1. turn a blind eye to something
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