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不见

bù jiàn
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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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

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

unable to see the wood for the trees

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)

不见了
bù jiàn le

to have disappeared

好久不见
hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn

long time no see

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)

疏不见亲
shū bù jiàn qīn

lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives

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

unique

名不见经传
míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

(lit.) name not encountered in the classics

伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ

pitch-dark (idiom)

不见一点踪影
bù jiàn yī diǎn zōng yǐng

no trace to be seen

避不见面
bì bù jiàn miàn

to refuse to meet sb

听不见
tīng bu jiàn

not be able to hear

不见得
bù jiàn de

not necessarily

不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì

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

深不见底
shēn bù jiàn dǐ

so deep one cannot see to the bottom

目不见睫
mù bù jiàn jié

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

不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

not found in the classics (idiom); unknown

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

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]

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)

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

视而不见
shì ér bù jiàn

to turn a blind eye to

不见不散
bù jiàn bù sàn

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