"Blind" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding
瞎 xiā blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose
百叶窗 bǎi yè chuāng shutter / blind
卷帘 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind
盲 máng blind
眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3]
瞽 gǔ blind / undiscerning
眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare
瞍 sǒu blind
有目无睹 yǒu mù wú dǔ has eyes but can't see (idiom) / unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth / blind (to sth great)
哑弹  dud / blind
眛 mèi blind / imperceptive
未爆弹 wèi bào dàn dud / blind
目盲 mù máng blind / blindness
相亲 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other
瞎子 xiā zi blind person
视而不见 shì ér bù jiàn to turn a blind eye to / to ignore
盲人 máng rén blind person
失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
盲点 máng diǎn blind spot
左传 Zuǒ Zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
盲区 máng qū blind spot
死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley
瞎眼 xiā yǎn to be blind
瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess
死点 sǐ diǎn blind spot / dead center
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
视若无睹 shì ruò wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to
众盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
有眼不识泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
有眼无珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively) / unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with / to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would
死区 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot
暗井 àn jǐng blind shaft / winze
死衚衕 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley
假拱 jiǎ gǒng blind arch / false arch
哑点 yǎ diǎn blind spot / dead spot
坐视无睹 zuò shì wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to
密送 mì sòng Bcc (for email) / Blind carbon copy (for email)
崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
左丘明 Zuǒ Qiū míng Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed
左氏春秋 Zuǒ shì Chūn qiū Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
摸象 mō xiàng to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
春秋左氏传 Chūn qiū Zuǒ shì Zhuàn Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
死巷 sǐ xiàng blind alley / dead end
泥醉 ní zuì blind drunk / drunk as drunk can be
熟无熟手 shú wú shú shǒu not to notice a familiar sight / blind to sth
眼瞎耳聋 yǎn xiā ěr lóng to be deaf and blind (idiom)
睁一眼闭一眼 zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn to turn a blind eye
睁只眼闭只眼 zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
瞽阇 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
钻牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
静区 jìng qū silent zone / blind spot / dead space
黑瞎子岛 Hēi xiā zi Dǎo Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
非洲盲人联合会  African Union of the Blind
盲样 máng yàng blind sample / blind specimen
双盲法 shuāng máng fǎ double blind method
加沙盲人中心  Gaza Centre for the Blind
世界盲人联合会  World Blind Union
世界盲人福利理事会  World Council for the Welfare of the Blind
国际盲人联合会  International Federation of the Blind
非洲盲人联合会制宪大会  Constituent Assembly of the African Federation for the Blind
盲目聪明炸弹  blind smart bomb
中东盲人福利委员会  Middle East Committee for the Welfare of the Blind
盲目飞行  blind flying
破盲  break the blind (v.)
盲目轰炸区  blind bombing
眼里容不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye
马竿 mǎ gān lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick
睁一只眼闭一只眼 zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye
没长眼睛 méi zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going
媒合 méi hé to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
山中无老虎，猴子称大王 shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dài wang in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king
瞎猫碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
问道于盲 wèn dào yú máng lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) / fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
盲品 máng pǐn blind taste testing
盲盒 máng hé blind box / mystery box
山中无老虎，猴子称大王 shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王[da4 wang2] or 大王[dai4 wang5])
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