"Blind" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding
 xiā blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose
 bǎi yè chuāng shutter / blind
 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind
 máng blind
 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3]
 gǔ blind / undiscerning
 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare
 sǒu blind
 yǒu mù wú dǔ has eyes but can't see (idiom) / unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth / blind (to sth great)
  dud / blind
 mèi blind / imperceptive
 wèi bào dàn dud / blind
 mù máng blind / blindness
 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other
 xiā zi blind person
 shì ér bù jiàn to turn a blind eye to / to ignore
 máng rén blind person
 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
 máng diǎn blind spot
 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]
 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
 máng qū blind spot
 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley
 xiā yǎn to be blind
 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess
 sǐ diǎn blind spot / dead center
 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
 shì ruò wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to
 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
 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
 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
 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot
 àn jǐng blind shaft / winze
 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley
 jiǎ gǒng blind arch / false arch
 yǎ diǎn blind spot / dead spot
 zuò shì wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to
 mì sòng Bcc (for email) / Blind carbon copy (for email)
 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
 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
 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]
 mō xiàng to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
 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]
 sǐ xiàng blind alley / dead end
 ní zuì blind drunk / drunk as drunk can be
 shú wú shú shǒu not to notice a familiar sight / blind to sth
 yǎn xiā ěr lóng to be deaf and blind (idiom)
 zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn to turn a blind eye
 zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye
 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
 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
 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
 jìng qū silent zone / blind spot / dead space
 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
  African Union of the Blind
 máng yàng blind sample / blind specimen
 shuāng máng fǎ double blind method
  Gaza Centre for the Blind
  World Blind Union
  World Council for the Welfare of the Blind
  International Federation of the Blind
  Constituent Assembly of the African Federation for the Blind
  blind smart bomb
  Middle East Committee for the Welfare of the Blind
  blind flying
  break the blind (v.)
  blind bombing
 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
竿 mǎ gān lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick
 zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye
 méi zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going
 méi hé to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
 shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dài wang in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king
 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
 wèn dào yú máng lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) / fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
 máng pǐn blind taste testing
 máng hé blind box / mystery box
 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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