睜一眼閉一眼

Chinese

		to open (eye)	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	eye	to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	eye
trad. (睜一眼閉一眼)		睜	一	眼	閉	一	眼
simp. (睁一眼闭一眼)		睁	一	眼	闭	一	眼
Literally: “to open one eye and shut one eye”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹ jat¹ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn [Phonetic: zhēng yì yǎn bì yì yǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng yi yǎn bì yi yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹ i¹ yen³ pi⁴ i¹ yen³
    • Yale: jēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng i yean bih i yean
    • Palladius: чжэн и янь би и янь (čžɛn i janʹ bi i janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaang¹ jat¹ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: jāang yāt ngáahn bai yāt ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹ jat⁷ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat⁷ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang¹ yed¹ ngan⁵ bei³ yed¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

睜一眼閉一眼

1. to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice

Synonyms

• 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼／睁一只眼闭一只眼 (zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn)
• (Cantonese) 隻眼開隻眼閉／只眼开只眼闭
• (Hokkien) 半目開瞌／半目开瞌, 半目開仔／半目开仔, 半目仔開半目仔瞌／半目仔开半目仔瞌, 放半目仔