熟视无睹

熟視無睹

shúshì-wúdǔ

idiom #26,741

Meanings

1 to turn a blind eye to
2 to ignore something one sees regularly
3 to be indifferent to what is before one's eyes

Characters

familiar; ripe; cooked

to look; to regard

to see; to witness

Examples

对街上的流浪者，很多人熟视无睹，继续走过。

Duì jiēshàng de liúlàngzhě, hěnduō rén shúshìwúdǔ, jìxù zǒuguò.

Many people turn a blind eye to the homeless on the street and just walk past.

我们不能对环境污染熟视无睹。

Wǒmen bùnéng duì huánjìng wūrǎn shúshìwúdǔ.

We cannot turn a blind eye to environmental pollution.

Tips

memory

熟 (familiar) + 视 (to look) + 无睹 (seeing nothing) = to look at something familiar yet see nothing — like walking past the same problem every day and never registering it.

Stroke Order

熟 shú

视 shì

无 wú

睹 dǔ