眼觀六路

Chinese

		eye	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	six directions
trad. (眼觀六路)		眼	觀	六路
simp. (眼观六路)		眼	观	六路
Literally: “to keep an eye on the six directions (above, below, front, rear, left, and right)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnguānliùlù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnguānliùlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguanliowluh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

Idiom

眼觀六路

keeping a close eye on various things; considering the many aspects of a situation

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 一眼關七／一眼关七

Derived terms

眼觀六路，耳聽八方／眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng)

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