睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

Chinese

		to open (eye)	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	eye	to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	eye
trad. (睜一隻眼閉一隻眼)		睜	一	隻	眼	閉	一	隻	眼
simp. (睁一只眼闭一只眼)		睁	一	只	眼	闭	一	只	眼
alternative forms		睜一隻眼，閉一隻眼／睁一只眼，闭一只眼 睜隻眼閉隻眼／睁只眼闭只眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn [Phonetic: zhēng yì zhī yǎn bì yì zhī yǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng yi jhih yǎn bì yi jhih yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹ i¹ chih¹ yen³ pi⁴ i¹ chih¹ yen³
    • Yale: jēng yī jr̄ yǎn bì yī jr̄ yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng i jy yean bih i jy yean
    • Palladius: чжэн и чжи янь би и чжи янь (čžɛn i čži janʹ bi i čži janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

1. to turn a blind eye

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 隻眼開隻眼閉／只眼开只眼闭