视若无睹

視若無睹

shìruò-wúdǔ

idiom #29,695

Meanings

1 to turn a blind eye to
2 to look but not see
3 to pretend not to notice

Characters

to look at, to regard

nothing, without

to see, to witness

Examples

他对路边的乞丐视若无睹，径直走过。

Tā duìlù biān de qǐgài shìruòwúdǔ, jìngzhí zǒuguò.

He turned a blind eye to the beggar on the street and walked straight past.

上司对下属的违规行为视若无睹。

Shàngsī duì xiàshǔ de wéiguī xíngwéi shìruòwúdǔ.

The supervisor turned a blind eye to the subordinate's rule violations.

Tips

memory

视 = to look, 若 = as if, 无 = nothing, 睹 = to see. Picture someone staring at something as though there is nothing there — eyes open but willfully unseeing.

Stroke Order

视 shì

若 ruò

无 wú

睹 dǔ