"睜一眼閉一眼" meaning in Chinese

See 睜一眼閉一眼 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/ Chinese transliterations: zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zaang¹ jat¹ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ ngaan⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn [Phonetic:zhēng yì yǎn bì yì yǎn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jheng yi yǎn bì yi yǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chêng¹ i¹ yen³ pi⁴ i¹ yen³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn [Mandarin, Yale], jeng i yean bih i yean [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжэн и янь би и янь [Mandarin, Palladius], čžɛn i janʹ bi i janʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], jāang yāt ngáahn bai yāt ngáahn [Cantonese, Yale], dzaang¹ jat⁷ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat⁷ ngaan⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zang¹ yed¹ ngan⁵ bei³ yed¹ ngan⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 睁一眼闭一眼
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 睜一眼閉一眼
  1. to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-睜一眼閉一眼-zh-phrase-hSNXbtXP Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼/睁一只眼闭一只眼 (zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn), 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 (zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn), 睁一只眼闭一只眼 (zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn), 隻眼開隻眼閉 [Cantonese], 只眼开只眼闭 [Cantonese], 半目開瞌 [Hokkien], 半目开瞌 [Hokkien], 半目開仔, 半目开仔, 半目仔開半目仔瞌, 半目仔开半目仔瞌, 放半目仔
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to open one eye and shut one eye",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "glosses": [
        "to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "turn a blind eye",
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          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
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          "notice",
          "notice"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn",
          "word": "睜一隻眼閉一隻眼/睁一只眼闭一只眼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn",
          "word": "睜一隻眼閉一隻眼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn",
          "word": "睁一只眼闭一只眼"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "隻眼開隻眼閉"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "只眼开只眼闭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "半目開瞌"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "半目开瞌"
        },
        {
          "word": "半目開仔"
        },
        {
          "word": "半目开仔"
        },
        {
          "word": "半目仔開半目仔瞌"
        },
        {
          "word": "半目仔开半目仔瞌"
        },
        {
          "word": "放半目仔"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zaang¹ jat¹ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ ngaan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn [Phonetic:zhēng yì yǎn bì yì yǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jheng yi yǎn bì yi yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chêng¹ i¹ yen³ pi⁴ i¹ yen³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jeng i yean bih i yean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжэн и янь би и янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžɛn i janʹ bi i janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jāang yāt ngáahn bai yāt ngáahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzaang¹ jat⁷ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat⁷ ngaan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zang¹ yed¹ ngan⁵ bei³ yed¹ ngan⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: zhēng yì yǎn bì yì yǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "睜一眼閉一眼"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to open one eye and shut one eye",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 眼",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 睜",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 閉",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice"
      ],
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        [
          "turn a blind eye",
          "turn a blind eye"
        ],
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "notice",
          "notice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zaang¹ jat¹ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ ngaan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn [Phonetic:zhēng yì yǎn bì yì yǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jheng yi yǎn bì yi yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chêng¹ i¹ yen³ pi⁴ i¹ yen³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jeng i yean bih i yean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжэн и янь би и янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžɛn i janʹ bi i janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jāang yāt ngáahn bai yāt ngáahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzaang¹ jat⁷ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat⁷ ngaan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zang¹ yed¹ ngan⁵ bei³ yed¹ ngan⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: zhēng yì yǎn bì yì yǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn",
      "word": "睜一隻眼閉一隻眼/睁一只眼闭一只眼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn",
      "word": "睜一隻眼閉一隻眼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn",
      "word": "睁一只眼闭一只眼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "隻眼開隻眼閉"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "只眼开只眼闭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半目開瞌"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半目开瞌"
    },
    {
      "word": "半目開仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "半目开仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "半目仔開半目仔瞌"
    },
    {
      "word": "半目仔开半目仔瞌"
    },
    {
      "word": "放半目仔"
    }
  ],
  "word": "睜一眼閉一眼"
}

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