眼不見為淨

Chinese
eye not; no
 
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 
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 bu jiann wei jinq
      • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

眼不見為淨

  1. turn a blind eye to something
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