有眼不識荊山玉

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 Jing	jade
trad. (有眼不識荊山玉/有眼不識荆山玉)		有	眼	不識	荊山/荆山	玉
simp. (有眼不识荆山玉)		有	眼	不识	荆山	玉
alternative forms		有眼不識金鑲玉／有眼不识金镶玉 misconstruction 有眼不識金香玉／有眼不识金香玉 misconstruction

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu yǎn bùshí jīngshān yù, yǒu yǎn bùshì jīngshān yù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bùshí jīngshān yù [Phonetic: yóuyǎnbùshíjīngshānyù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bùshíh jingshan yù
    • Wade–Giles: yu³ yen³ pu⁴-shih² ching¹-shan¹ yü⁴
    • Yale: yǒu yǎn bù-shŕ jīng-shān yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou yean bushyr jingshan yuh
    • Palladius: ю янь буши цзиншань юй (ju janʹ buši czinšanʹ juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bùshì jīngshān yù [Phonetic: yóuyǎnbúshìjīngshānyù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bùshìh jingshan yù
    • Wade–Giles: yu³ yen³ pu⁴-shih⁴ ching¹-shan¹ yü⁴
    • Yale: yǒu yǎn bù-shr̀ jīng-shān yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou yean bushyh jingshan yuh
    • Palladius: ю янь буши цзиншань юй (ju janʹ buši czinšanʹ juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ y⁵¹/

Idiom

有眼不識荊山玉

1. to fail to recognize precious things or outstanding people

See also

• 有眼不識泰山／有眼不识泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān)