目不忍视

Traditional: 目不忍視

mù bù rěn shì

Dictionary entry

(lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)

What does 目不忍视 mean?

目不忍视 (mù bù rěn shì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)

2(fig.) pitiful to behold

Character breakdown

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目mùeye · (literary) to look; to regard 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-忍rěnto bear · to endure 视shìvariant of 視|视[shi4] · variant of 示[shi4]

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目不忍视

mù bù rěn shì

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