视而不见

視而不見

shì'ér-bùjiàn

idiom #9,747

Meanings

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 bùnéng 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.

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.

视 shì

而 ér

不 bù

见 jiàn