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睁zhēng一yī眼yǎn闭bì一yī眼yǎn
  1. to turn a blind eye

    trad. 睜一眼閉一眼

Also written 睜一眼閉一眼【zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn】

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

Characters in this word

4
睁
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to open (one's eyes)

Pinyin
zhēng
Traditional
睜
Strokes
11
Frequency
13822 of 2500
Words starting with 睁Words ending in 睁Anywhere in a word
一
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Pinyin
yī
Strokes
1
Frequency
158 of 2500
Words starting with 一Words ending in 一Anywhere in a word
眼
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]), (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance, small hole, (bound form) salient point, classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Pinyin
yǎn
Strokes
11
Frequency
4324 of 2500
Words starting with 眼Words ending in 眼Anywhere in a word
闭
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to close, to stop up, to shut, to obstruct

Pinyin
bì
Traditional
閉
Strokes
6
Frequency
17986 of 2500
Words starting with 闭Words ending in 闭Anywhere in a word