熟视无睹

熟視無睹
shúshì-wúdǔ
idiom #26,741

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒmen bùnéng duì huánjìng wūrǎn shúshì-wúdǔ.
We cannot turn a blind eye to environmental pollution.
HSK 7-9
Duì jiēshàng de liúlàngzhě, hěnduō rén shúshì-wúdǔ, jìxù zǒuguò.
Many people turn a blind eye to the homeless on the street and just walk past.

Tips

memory
(familiar) + (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

shú
shì