低头不见抬头见
dī​tóu​bù​jiàn​tái​tóu​jiàn

to cross paths regularly

  • created sense approved 低头不见抬头见/低頭不見抬頭見 · dī​tóu​bù​jiàn​tái​tóu​jiàn · to cross paths regularly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    低头不见抬头见 / 低頭不見抬頭見

    dī​tóu​bù​jiàn​tái​tóu​jiàn

    to cross paths regularly

    (idiom) to see each other all the time; to meet or cross paths frequently because of living or working in close proximity

    低头 (literal) → 低头/低頭 · dī​tóu · to bow one's head 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bù​jiàn · not to see 抬头 (literal) → 抬头/抬頭 · tái​tóu · to raise one's head 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see

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

    created sense