眼里揉不得沙子
yǎn​lǐ​róu​bù​de​shā​zi

cannot bear grit in one's eye

  • created sense approved 眼里揉不得沙子/眼裡揉不得沙子 · yǎn​lǐ​róu​bù​de​shā​zi · cannot bear grit in one's eye — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼里揉不得沙子 / 眼裡揉不得沙子

    yǎn​lǐ​róu​bù​de​shā​zi

    cannot bear grit in one's eye

    (idiom) cannot bear to have grit in one's eye; describes a person who is principled and refuses to tolerate even the smallest injustice or mistake

    yǎn​lǐ​róu​bù​dé​shā​zi

    眼里 (literal) → 眼里/眼裡 · yǎn​li · in one's eyes 揉 (literal) → 揉 · róu · to rub 不得 (literal) → 不得 · bu​de · [potential] 沙子 (literal) → 沙子 · shā​zi · sand

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

    created sense