created sense approved 眼不见为净/眼不見為淨 · yǎnbùjiànwéijìng · out of sight, out of mind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
眼不见为净 / 眼不見為淨
yǎnbùjiànwéijìng
out of sight, out of mind
What the eye does not see is considered clean; used to comfort oneself when suspecting food is dirty or unsanitary.
yǎnbújiànwéijìng
眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bùjiàn · not to see 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 净 (literal) → 净/淨 · jìng · clean
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created sense approved 眼不见为净/眼不見為淨 · yǎnbùjiànwéijìng · to turn a blind eye — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
眼不见为净 / 眼不見為淨
yǎnbùjiànwéijìng
to turn a blind eye
To ignore or stay away from a situation that one cannot change to avoid feeling annoyed or worried; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
yǎnbújiànwéijìng
眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bùjiàn · not to see 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 净 (literal) → 净/淨 · jìng · clean
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition