有眼不識泰山

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eye	to fail to see; not to know; not to appreciate	Mount Tai
trad. (有眼不識泰山)		有	眼	不識	泰山
simp. (有眼不识泰山)		有	眼	不识	泰山
Literally: “to have eyes but fail to recognize Mount Tai”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān, yǒu yǎn bù shì Tàishān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ngaan⁵ bat¹ sik¹ taai³ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān [Phonetic: yóuyǎnbùshítàishān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shíh Tàishan
    • Wade–Giles: yu³ yen³ pu⁴ shih² Tʻai⁴-shan¹
    • Yale: yǒu yǎn bù shŕ Tài-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou yean bu shyr Tayshan
    • Palladius: ю янь бу ши Тайшань (ju janʹ bu ši Tajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shì Tàishān [Phonetic: yóuyǎnbúshìtàishān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shìh Tàishan
    • Wade–Giles: yu³ yen³ pu⁴ shih⁴ Tʻai⁴-shan¹
    • Yale: yǒu yǎn bù shr̀ Tài-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou yean bu shyh Tayshan
    • Palladius: ю янь бу ши Тайшань (ju janʹ bu ši Tajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ bat¹ sik¹ taai³ saan¹
    • Yale: yáuh ngáahn bāt sīk taai sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ bat⁷ sik⁷ taai³ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ ngan⁵ bed¹ xig¹ tai³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

有眼不識泰山

1. to fail to recognize someone important or someone's great talent; to be blind to the fact

See also

• 有眼不識荊山玉／有眼不识荆山玉 (yǒu yǎn bùshí jīngshān yù)