目不窥园
mù​bù​kuī​yuán

to bury oneself in studies

  • created reference approved 目不窥园/目不窺園 → 三年不窥园/三年不窺園 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    目不窥园 / 目不窺園 mù​bù​kuī​yuán

    三年不窥园 / 三年不窺園 sān​nián​bù​kuī​yuán

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  • created sense approved 目不窥园/目不窺園 · mù​bù​kuī​yuán · to bury oneself in studies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    目不窥园 / 目不窺園

    mù​bù​kuī​yuán

    to bury oneself in studies

    Literally "to not even peek at the garden"; used to describe being completely absorbed in one's studies or academic research to the exclusion of all else

    目 (literal) → 目 · mù · eye 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 窥 (literal) → 窥/窺 · kuī · to observe 园 (literal) → 园/園 · yuán · garden

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