冇眼屎乾淨盲

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	eye secretion; rheum; sleep	clean; neat and tidy; having nothing left clean; neat and tidy; having nothing left; completely gone	blind
trad. (冇眼屎乾淨盲)		冇	眼屎	乾淨	盲
simp. (冇眼屎干净盲)		冇	眼屎	干净	盲

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ngaan⁵ si² gon¹ zeng⁶ maang⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ ngaan⁵ si² gon¹ zeng⁶ maang⁴
    • Yale: móuh ngáahn sí gōn jehng màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ngaan⁵ si² gon¹ dzeng⁶ maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ ngan⁵ xi² gon¹ zéng⁶ mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ siː³⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ²² maːŋ²¹/

Idiom

冇眼屎乾淨盲

1. (Cantonese) to rather ignore or give up something for peace of mind than get upset over it; to turn a blind eye to something; out of sight, out of mind
   • 2017, 李專, 誰都懂叫你放手，但誰懂得教你怎樣放手？, Hong Kong: 日閲堂出版社, →ISBN, page 41:

     假如你很叻叻豬，能夠狠心一點，又或者對方實在傷得很深很深，請找天翻出所有他送你的禮物、情書和他放在你家裏的東西，徹底棄掉，冇眼屎乾淨盲。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     假如你很叻叻猪，能够狠心一点，又或者对方实在伤得很深很深，请找天翻出所有他送你的礼物、情书和他放在你家里的东西，彻底弃掉，冇眼屎干净盲。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     gaa² jyu⁴ nei⁵ han² lek¹ lek¹ zyu¹, nang⁴ gau³ han² sam¹ jat¹ dim², jau⁶ waak⁶ ze² deoi³ fong¹ sat⁶ zoi⁶ soeng¹ dak¹ han² sam¹ han² sam¹, cing² zaau² tin¹ faan¹ ceot¹ so² jau⁵ taa¹ sung³ nei⁵ dik¹ lai⁵ mat⁶, cing⁴ syu¹ wo⁴ taa¹ fong³ zoi⁶ nei⁵ gaa¹ leoi⁵ dik¹ dung¹ sai¹, cit³ dai² hei³ diu⁶, mou⁵ ngaan⁵ si² gon¹ zeng⁶ maang⁴. [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

• 眼不見為淨／眼不见为净 (yǎnbùjiànwéijìng)