睁着眼睛说瞎话 (睜著眼睛說瞎話)
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
Pinyin

Definition

睁着眼睛说瞎话 (睜著眼睛說瞎話)
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zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
  1. to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. to talk drivel

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī
  5. 5 classifier: 双 shuāng
  6. 6 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 双 shuāng
眼神
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
眼镜
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 classifier: 副 fù

Idioms (20)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哎，你可不能睁着眼睛说瞎话啊，我用功的时候多了去了，还得天天跟你汇报啊？
āi ，nǐ kě bùnéng zhēngzheyǎnjingshuōxiāhuà ā ，wǒ yònggōng de shíhou duōleqù le ，hái děi tiāntiān gēn nǐ huìbào ā ？
Ah, you can't just sit there and spout this nonsense, I work hard all the time, so I have to give account to you every day too?
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