zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn

Traditional: 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

睁一只眼闭一只眼 (zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to turn a blind eye”.

Meanings

  1. 1to turn a blind eye

Characters in 睁一只眼闭一只眼

睁zhēng · to open (one's eyes)一yī · one只zhǐ · only; merely; just眼yǎn · eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])闭bì · to close一yī · one只zhǐ · only; merely; just眼yǎn · eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

Related words

一one一个a; an; one只only; merely; just只grain that has begun to ripen只classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc只variant of 隻|只[zhi1]只variant of 只[zhi3]只variant of 只[zhi3]一起(in) the same place一样same一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)一直straight (in a straight line)

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