視而不見
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Chinese
[edit]to look at; to regard; to inspect | and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
not; no | to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview | ||
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trad. (視而不見) | 視 | 而 | 不 | 見 | |
simp. (视而不见) | 视 | 而 | 不 | 见 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Great Learning (《大學》) in the Book of Rites:
- 心不在焉,視而不見,聽而不聞,食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xīn bùzài yān, shì ér bù jiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn. [Pinyin]
- When the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.
心不在焉,视而不见,听而不闻,食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shìh-érbùjiàn
- Wade–Giles: shih4-êrh2-pu4-chien4
- Yale: shr̀-ér-bù-jyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyherlbujiann
- Palladius: шиэрбуцзянь (šierbuczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si6 ji4 bat1 gin3
- Yale: sih yìh bāt gin
- Cantonese Pinyin: si6 ji4 bat7 gin3
- Guangdong Romanization: xi6 yi4 bed1 gin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]視而不見
- to turn a blind eye; to deliberately overlook or ignore
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Literary Chinese terms with quotations
- Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi
- Chinese lemmas
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- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 視
- Chinese terms spelled with 而
- Chinese terms spelled with 不
- Chinese terms spelled with 見
- Chinese four-character idioms derived from the Book of Rites