眼不見為淨
Chinese
| eye | not; no | to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview |
because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become |
clean; completely; only | ||
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| trad. (眼不見為淨/眼不見爲淨) | 眼 | 不 | 見 | 為/爲 | 淨 | |
| simp. (眼不见为净) | 眼 | 不 | 见 | 为 | 净 | |
| alternative forms | 眼勿見為淨/眼勿见为净 Wu | |||||
| Literally: “(if the) eye does not see (it, it) is clean”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnbùjiànwéijìng [Phonetic: yǎnbújiànwéijìng]
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnbùjiànwéijìng
- Wade–Giles: yen3-pu4-chien4-wei2-ching4
- Yale: yǎn-bù-jyàn-wéi-jìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanbujiannweijinq
- Palladius: яньбуцзяньвэйцзин (janʹbuczjanʹvɛjczin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaan5 bat1 gin3 wai4 zing6
- Yale: ngáahn bāt gin wàih jihng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan5 bat7 gin3 wai4 dzing6
- Guangdong Romanization: ngan5 bed1 gin3 wei4 jing6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sɪŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
眼不見為淨
- to turn a blind eye to something; out of sight, out of mind