zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn

Traditional: 睜隻眼閉隻眼

睁只眼闭只眼 (zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to turn a blind eye”.

Meanings

  1. 1to turn a blind eye

Characters in 睁只眼闭只眼

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

Related words

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]只是merely; only; just; nothing but只要so long as; provided; if闭to close只有only have ...; there is only ...眼睛eye眼eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

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