视而不见 — Chinese idiom
视而不见
shì ér bù jiàn
Traditional: 視而不見
Meaning
- to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
Character by character
- 视shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Idioms sharing a character
- 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
- 以正视听 yǐ zhèng shì tīng
- 傲视群伦 ào shì qún lún
- 坐视不理 zuò shì bù lǐ
- 怒目而视 nù mù ér shì
- 混淆视听 hùn xiáo shì tīng
- 熟视无睹 shú shì wú dǔ
- 目不忍视 mù bù rěn shì
- 目不斜视 mù bù xié shì
- 相视而笑 xiāng shì ér xiào
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