睜眼瞎子
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to open the eyes | blind person | ||
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trad. (睜眼瞎子) | 睜眼 | 瞎子 | |
simp. (睁眼瞎子) | 睁眼 | 瞎子 | |
Literally: “open-eyed blind person”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhengyǎn siazi̊h
- Wade–Giles: chêng1-yen3 hsia1-tzŭ5
- Yale: jēng-yǎn syā-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengyean shia.tzy
- Palladius: чжэнъянь сяцзы (čžɛnʺjanʹ sjaczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]睜眼瞎子
- (figurative) illiterate
- (figurative) someone who acts blindly without understanding the situation
Synonyms
[edit]- (illiterate):