有眼不识泰山 yǒuyǎnbùshítàishān to fail to recognize a great person Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒuyǎnbùshítàishān to fail to recognize a great person (idiom) literally "to have eyes but fail to recognize 泰山 tàishān"; used to apologize for being ignorant of someone's high status, great talent, or importance Frequency Written text 0.119 per million Cross-References See 泰山 tàishān Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒuyǎnbùshítàishān to fail to recognize a great person (idiom) literally "to have eyes but fail to recognize 泰山 tàishān"; used to apologize for being ignorant of someone's high status, great talent, or importance Frequency Written text 0.119 per million Cross-References See 泰山 tàishān Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)