what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
trad. 眼不見為淨
Also written 眼不見為淨【yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng】
Characters in this word
5眼
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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
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
净
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variant of 淨|净[jing4]
- Pinyin
- jìng
- Traditional
- 凈
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 18911 of 2500