抬头不见低头见
tái​tóu​bù​jiàn​dī​tóu​jiàn

to cross paths regularly

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

    抬头不见低头见 / 抬頭不見低頭見

    tái​tóu​bù​jiàn​dī​tóu​jiàn

    to cross paths regularly

    (idiom) to meet or see each other frequently; said of people living or working in close proximity who constantly cross paths

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

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

    created sense