视而不见
shì ér bù jiàn
to turn a blind eye
Character by character
视shì
look
look
而ér
yet
yet
不bù
not
not
见jiàn
see
see
Example
他对这些问题视而不见。
He turns a blind eye to these problems.
Tone: negative (criticism).
Usage and origin
From the Great Learning (心不在焉，视而不见); now usually deliberate ignoring.
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