伸手不见五指
shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​wǔ​zhǐ

pitch-dark

  • created reference approved 伸手不见五指/伸手不見五指 → 伸手不见掌/伸手不見掌 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伸手不见五指 / 伸手不見五指 shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​wǔ​zhǐ

    伸手不见掌 / 伸手不見掌 shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​zhǎng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 伸手不见五指/伸手不見五指 · shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​wǔ​zhǐ · pitch-dark — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伸手不见五指 / 伸手不見五指

    shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​wǔ​zhǐ

    pitch-dark

    so dark that one cannot see one's own hand; pitch-black

    伸手 (literal) → 伸手 · shēn​shǒu · to reach out 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bù​jiàn · not to see 五指 (literal) → 五指 · wǔ​zhǐ · five fingers

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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