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视而不见

視而不見
shì'érbùjiàn
idiom #9,747

Meanings

  1. 1 to turn a blind eye
  2. 2 to look but not see; to ignore deliberately

Examples

他对问题视而不见。
Tā duì wèntí shì'érbùjiàn.
He turned a blind eye to the problem.
我们不能对环境污染视而不见。
Wǒmen bù néng duì huánjìng wūrǎn shì'érbùjiàn.
We can't ignore environmental pollution.
路人对摔倒的老人视而不见。
Lùrén duì shuāidǎo de lǎorén shì'érbùjiàn.
Passersby turned a blind eye to the fallen elderly person.

Tips

grammar
Used as 对...视而不见: direct the 'blind eye' at something with 对.
history
From the 《礼记》(Book of Rites): 「心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻」 — when the mind is absent, one looks but doesn't see, listens but doesn't hear.

Stroke Order

视 shì
而 ér
不 bù
见 jiàn