有眼无珠
yǒu​yǎn​wú​zhū

to have eyes but fail to see

  • created sense approved 有眼无珠/有眼無珠 · yǒu​yǎn​wú​zhū · to have eyes but fail to see — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有眼无珠 / 有眼無珠

    yǒu​yǎn​wú​zhū

    to have eyes but fail to see

    (idiom) to be unable to recognize a person's status or importance; to be blind to the truth or talent due to shallow judgment or lack of perception

    有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl

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

    created sense