有眼不识泰山
Traditional: 有眼不識泰山Dictionary entry
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom)
What does 有眼不识泰山 mean?
有眼不识泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom)
2fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent
3to be blind to the fact
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有yǒuto have; there is · (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) · (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-识shíto know · knowledge泰TàiMt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong · abbr. for Thailand山Shānsurname Shan
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