睁一只眼闭一只眼 (睜一隻眼閉一隻眼)
zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

睁一只眼闭一只眼 (睜一隻眼閉一隻眼)
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zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn
  1. to turn a blind eye

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another

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
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

她根本在我头上点火。这么多人上班开小差，她都睁一只眼闭一只眼。我只不过迟到三分钟，就让我写检讨书。
tā gēnběn zài wǒ tóushàng diǎnhuǒ 。zhème duō rén shàngbān kāixiǎochāi ，tā dōu zhēngyīzhīyǎnbìyīzhīyǎn 。wǒ zhǐbuguò chídào sān fēnzhōng ，jiù ràng wǒ xiě jiǎntǎo shū 。
She's basically sweeping me away. She turns a blind eye to every other employee that is absent-minded all day. I was only late for three minutes and she made me write a feedback report.
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