睁一只眼闭一只眼
zhēng​yī​zhī​yǎn​bì​yī​zhī​yǎn

to turn a blind eye

  • created sense approved 睁一只眼闭一只眼/睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 · zhēng​yī​zhī​yǎn​bì​yī​zhī​yǎn · to turn a blind eye — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    睁一只眼闭一只眼 / 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

    zhēng​yī​zhī​yǎn​bì​yī​zhī​yǎn

    to turn a blind eye

    to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice something wrong or improper; to be lenient

    睁 (literal) → 睁/睜 · zhēng · to open (eyes) 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 只 (literal) → 只/隻 · zhī · [classifier] 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 闭 (literal) → 闭/閉 · bì · to close 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 只 (literal) → 只/隻 · zhī · [classifier] 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye

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

    created sense