睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

Chinese

		to open (eye)	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	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.)	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	eye
trad. (睜一隻眼閉一隻眼)		睜	一	隻	眼	閉	一	隻	眼
simp. (睁一只眼闭一只眼)		睁	一	只	眼	闭	一	只	眼
alternative forms		睜一隻眼，閉一隻眼／睁一只眼，闭一只眼 睜隻眼閉隻眼／睁只眼闭只眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ jat¹ zek³ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ zek³ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn [Phonetic: zhēng yì zhī yǎn bì yì zhī yǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧ ㄓ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng yi jhih yǎn bì yi jhih yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹ i¹ chih¹ yen³ pi⁴ i¹ chih¹ yen³
    • Yale: jēng yī jr̄ yǎn bì yī jr̄ yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng i jy yean bih i jy yean
    • Palladius: чжэн и чжи янь би и чжи янь (čžɛn i čži janʹ bi i čži janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ jat¹ zek³ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat¹ zek³ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: jāng yāt jek ngáahn bai yāt jek ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ jat⁷ dzek⁸ ngaan⁵ bai³ jat⁷ dzek⁸ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ yed¹ zég³ ngan⁵ bei³ yed¹ zég³ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

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

Synonyms

• 睜一眼閉一眼／睁一眼闭一眼 (zhēng yī yǎn bì yī 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