十目所视，十手所指
shí​mù​suǒ​shì​shí​shǒu​suǒ​zhǐ

ten eyes see and ten hands point

  • created sense approved 十目所视，十手所指/十目所視，十手所指 · shí​mù​suǒ​shì​shí​shǒu​suǒ​zhǐ · under public scrutiny — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十目所视，十手所指 / 十目所視，十手所指

    shí​mù​suǒ​shì​shí​shǒu​suǒ​zhǐ

    under public scrutiny

    watched by ten eyes and pointed at by ten hands; an idiom meaning that one's actions are closely observed by many people, making it impossible to hide wrongdoing

    十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 目 (literal) → 目 · mù · eye 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 视 (literal) → 视/視 · shì · to look at ， (non_chinese) 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 所指 (literal) → 所指 · suǒ​zhǐ · signified; reference

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 十目所视，十手所指/十目所視，十手所指 · shí​mù​suǒ​shì​shí​shǒu​suǒ​zhǐ · ten eyes see and ten hands point — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十目所视，十手所指 / 十目所視，十手所指

    shí​mù​suǒ​shì​shí​shǒu​suǒ​zhǐ

    ten eyes see and ten hands point

    Literally "watched by ten eyes and pointed at by ten hands"; it means that one's actions are closely observed by the public and cannot be hidden, so one must be careful with their behavior.

    十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 目 (literal) → 目 · mù · eye 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 视 (literal) → 视/視 · shì · to look at ， (non_chinese) 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 指 (literal) → 指 · zhǐ · to point; to refer to

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

    created sense