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有眼不识泰山

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yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent
  3. 3. to be blind to the fact

Child Words of 有眼不识泰山

不
bù

no; not so

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

有
yǒu

to have; there is

眼
yǎn

eye

识
shí

to know

识
zhì

to record

不识泰山
bù shí tài shān

can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

泰
tài

Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān] in Shandong

泰山
tài shān

Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]

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