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有眼不识泰山

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

识
shí

to know

眼
yǎn

eye

泰山
tài shān

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

不识泰山
bù shí tài shān

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

不
bù

no; not so

有
yǒu

to have; there is

识
zhì

to record

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

泰
tài

Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān] in Shandong