见怪不怪

見怪不怪

jiànguài-búguài

idiom #27,407

Meanings

HSK 4

住在这里久了，对各种奇怪的事都见怪不怪了。

Zhù zài zhèlǐ jiǔ le, duì gèzhǒng qíguài de shì dōu jiànguài-búguài le.

After living here for a long time, nothing strange surprises me anymore.

HSK 7-9

他见怪不怪地耸耸肩，继续干活。

Tā jiànguài-búguài de sǒng sǒng jiān, jìxù gànhuó.

Unfazed, he shrugged and continued working.

memory

见怪不怪 - 'see strange, not strange.' You've seen the strange thing so many times it no longer feels strange.

usage

This idiom describes someone who is no longer surprised by things that would shock others, either through experience or indifference.

见 jiàn

怪 guài

不 bù