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目不忍視

简 目不忍视 · 繁 目不忍視
Mandarin · pinyin mù bù rěn shì

Meanings

  1. (lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)
  2. (fig.) pitiful to behold
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目
mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
忍
rěn · endure, bear, suffer; forbear
視
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视
shì · look at, inspect, observe, see
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4–4–3–4 · mu4 bu4 ren3 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

muk6 bat1 jan2 si6

Cantonese word readings for 目不忍視. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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muk6 bat1 jan2 si6

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目不忍視 · mu4 bu4 ren3 shi4
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Exact source record目不忍視 目不忍视 [mu4 bu4 ren3 shi4] /(lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)/(fig.) pitiful to behold/