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目不忍視

简目不忍视 · 繁目不忍視

Mandarin · pinyin mù bù rěn shì

(lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)
(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
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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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muk6 bat1 jan2 si6

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