to be unable to discern, judge, or figure out something by looking

literally "one's foot does not leave the door"; to stay indoors or never leave the house

everything happens just as expected; to turn out as predicted

unable to do or make; cannot finish or achieve something

To have bitter suffering that one cannot speak of or express; often used after the phrase [[哑巴吃黄连|啞巴吃黃連|ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2]]

not presentable or of such poor quality that one is embarrassed to show it to others

A mean person never has a good word to say; used to insult someone whose speech is crude or unpleasant.

(idiom) to keep the door closed and not go out; to avoid social contact or cut oneself off from the outside world

(literary) to not let one's thoughts go beyond one's position; to restrict one's concerns and ideas to the scope of one's own duties or status

to be unpresentable; to be unable to show or present something because it is embarrassing or not good enough

as one predicted; exactly as expected; just like one thought

to be unable to find out a fact or check a figure

a foul mouth cannot produce refined language; mean or vulgar people can only speak coarsely

to be unable to tell or distinguish; cannot see the difference between things

a scholar or learned person knows everything going on in the world without ever having to step outside

a person of learning can know everything happening in the world even without leaving home; it suggests that through books and study one can gain broad knowledge of the world

To be unable to say or describe; cannot put into words.

unable to say a word; at a loss for words

unable to escape from; cannot get out of someone's control

to be unable to pick out, select, or elect

To not go out the door; to not leave one's home

to be unable to sell something; cannot be sold

to be forced to suffer in silence or swallow one's grievances without being able to complain; literally a mute eating bitter herbs and having no way to describe the bitterness

To be forced to suffer in silence or unable to voice one's grievances; literally, a mute person eating the bitter herb Coptis chinensis and being unable to speak about the bitterness.

A proverb meaning that good deeds go unnoticed while scandals and bad news spread quickly and far

Literally "good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles"; used to express that positive actions are rarely discussed while bad news or scandals travel quickly.

To be unable to think of or come up with an answer, idea, or solution

Literally "to blame the toilet because one is constipated"; used as a proverb to describe someone who blames outside circumstances for problems caused by their own shortcomings.