不见

bù jiàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. not to see
  2. 2. not to meet
  3. 3. to have disappeared
  4. 4. to be missing

Words Containing 不见

不见得
bù jiàn de

not necessarily

一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū

one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

不见一点踪影
bù jiàn yī diǎn zōng yǐng

no trace to be seen

不见不散
bù jiàn bù sàn

lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)

不见了
bù jiàn le

to have disappeared

不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng

you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)

不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì

all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice

不见棺材不落泪
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi

lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

not found in the classics (idiom); unknown

伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ

pitch-dark (idiom)

低头不见抬头见
dī tóu bù jiàn tái tóu jiàn

see 抬頭不見低頭見|抬头不见低头见[tái tóu bù jiàn dī tóu jiàn]

前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě

unique

只见树木不见森林
zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín

unable to see the wood for the trees

名不见经传
míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

(lit.) name not encountered in the classics

好久不见
hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn

long time no see

抬头不见低头见
tái tóu bù jiàn dī tóu jiàn

(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly

深不见底
shēn bù jiàn dǐ

so deep one cannot see to the bottom

疏不见亲
shū bù jiàn qīn

lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives

目不见睫
mù bù jiàn jié

lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults

看不见
kàn bu jiàn

cannot see

眼不见为净
yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng

what remains unseen is deemed to be clean

眼不见,心不烦
yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fán

what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)

听不见
tīng bu jiàn

not be able to hear

视而不见
shì ér bù jiàn

to turn a blind eye to

避不见面
bì bù jiàn miàn

to refuse to meet sb