有眼不识泰山

yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 有眼不识泰山

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 眼 眼 yǎn: eye
• 识 识 shí: to know
• 识 识 zhì: to record
• 不识泰山 不识泰山 bù shí tài shān: can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
• 泰 泰 tài: Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān] in Shandong
• 泰山 泰山 tài shān: Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]