to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears; out of touch with reality; to bury one's head in the sand
trad. 閉目塞聽
Also written 閉目塞聽【bì mù sè tīng】
Characters in this word
4闭
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to close, to stop up, to shut, to obstruct
- Pinyin
- bì
- Traditional
- 閉
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 17986 of 2500
目
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eye, (literary) to look; to regard, eye (of a net); mesh, mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]), item; section, list; catalogue, (taxonomy) order, name; title
- Pinyin
- mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 15224 of 2500
塞
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to plug; to stop up; to stuff in, (bound form) a stopper; a cork
- Pinyin
- sāi
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 3512 of 2500
听
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smile (archaic)
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 106 of 2500