"伸手不見五指" meaning in 漢語

See 伸手不見五指 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 伸手不见五指 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 比喻非常黑暗
    Sense id: zh-伸手不見五指-zh-phrase-MHEZAG94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「五」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「伸」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「手」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「指」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「見」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有不字且有變調的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "伸手不见五指",
      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "比喻非常黑暗"
      ],
      "id": "zh-伸手不見五指-zh-phrase-MHEZAG94"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnshǒu bù jiàn wǔzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnshǒu bù jiàn wǔzhǐ [實際讀音:shēnshǒubújiànwúzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenshǒu bù jiàn wǔjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shên¹-shou³ pu⁴ chien⁴ wu³-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēn-shǒu bù jyàn wǔ-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenshoou bu jiann wuujyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šɛnʹšou bu czjanʹ učži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэньшоу бу цзянь учжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "伸手不見五指"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話俗語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「五」的漢語詞",
    "帶「伸」的漢語詞",
    "帶「手」的漢語詞",
    "帶「指」的漢語詞",
    "帶「見」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有不字且有變調的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "伸手不见五指",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "比喻非常黑暗"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnshǒu bù jiàn wǔzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnshǒu bù jiàn wǔzhǐ [實際讀音:shēnshǒubújiànwúzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenshǒu bù jiàn wǔjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shên¹-shou³ pu⁴ chien⁴ wu³-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēn-shǒu bù jyàn wǔ-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenshoou bu jiann wuujyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šɛnʹšou bu czjanʹ učži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэньшоу бу цзянь учжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "伸手不見五指"
}

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