看不见 (看不見)
kàn bu jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

看不见 (看不見)
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kàn bu jiàn
  1. cannot see
  2. cannot be seen
  3. invisible

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
看
kān
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to take care of
  3. 3 to watch
  4. 4 to guard
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

对对对！放心去玩！就是…您见识过北京的雾霾吗？上回我和女朋友在王府井逛街，手牵着手她却看不见我，亲嘴都得隔着防毒面具，哈哈！
duìduìduì ！fàngxīn qù wán ！jiùshì …nín jiànshi guò Běijīng de wùmái ma ？shànghuí wǒ hé nǚpéngyou zài Wángfǔjǐng guàng jiē ，shǒu qiānzhe shǒu tā què kànbujiàn wǒ ，qīn zuǐ dōu děi gé zhe fángdú miànjù ，hāhā ！
Yes, yes, yes. You just relax and have fun. Well...have you ever experienced the Beijing smog? Last time I went shopping in Wang Fu Jing with my girlfriend, I was holding her hand but I couldn't even see her. I had to even kiss her through a gas mask. Ha, ha!
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我看不见你。
wǒ kànbujiàn nǐ 。
I can’t see you.
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我看不见。
wǒ kànbujiàn 。
I can’t see.
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我能看见你，但是你看不见我。
wǒ néng kànjiàn nǐ ，dànshì nǐ kànbujiàn wǒ 。
I can see you, but you can’t see me.
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对于控烟、禁烟举措，仍有不少烟民不以为意，不理解、不支持，在看不见的角落继续“吞云吐雾”。
duìyú kòng yān 、jìn yān jǔcuò ，réng yǒu bùshǎo yānmín bùyǐwéiyì ，bù lǐjiě 、bù zhīchí ，zài kànbujiàn de jiǎoluò jìxù “tūnyúntǔwù ”。
There are still many smokers who ignore and do not support these smoking control and ban measures. They continue to smoke in hidden corners.
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字太小了，我没戴眼镜看不见。
zì tàixiǎo le ，wǒ méi dài yǎnjìng kànbujiàn 。
The characters are too small, I can't read them without my glasses on.
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咱们接着讲，本来后羿还想把最后一个也射下来，幸亏旁边的群众提醒他，“快停住，别射了，这最后一个得留下，要不然以后就什么都看不见了。”
zánmen jiē zhe jiǎng ，běnlái Hòuyì hái xiǎng bǎ zuìhòu yī ge yě shè xiàlái ，xìngkuī pángbiān de qúnzhòng tíxǐng tā ，“kuài tíngzhù ，bié shè le ，zhè zuìhòu yī ge děi liúxià ，yàoburán yǐhòu jiù shénme dōu kànbujiàn le 。”
Let's continue the story. Houyi had planned to shoot down the final sun, but thankfully the people around him reminded him, "Stop shooting. We have to leave this last one behind. Otherwise we won't be able to see anything."
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盲人眼睛看不见，所以更用心。手也比正常人敏感。
mángrén yǎnjing kànbujiàn ，suǒyǐ gèng yòngxīn 。shǒu yě bǐ zhèngchángrén mǐngǎn 。
Blind people can't see with their eyes, so they're more attentive. Their hands are also more sensitive than seeing peoples'.
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就是，还是你了解我。我在散步的时候，突然，有一片白色的亮光，非常刺眼，我什么也看不见。等我睁开眼睛，一艘飞碟停在了眼前。
jiùshì ，háishi nǐ liǎojiě wǒ 。wǒ zài sànbù de shíhou ，tūrán ，yǒu yīpiàn báisè de liàngguāng ，fēicháng cìyǎn ，wǒ shénme yě kànbujiàn 。děng wǒ zhēngkāi yǎnjing ，yī sōu fēidié tíng zài le yǎnqián 。
Yeah, at least you understand. While I was walking, suddenly a blinding white light was before me, and I couldn't see anything. When I opened my eyes, there was a flying saucer in front of me.
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