有眼不識泰山

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eye	to fail to see; not to know; not to appreciate	Mount Tai
trad. (有眼不識泰山)		有	眼	不識	泰山
simp. (有眼不识泰山)		有	眼	不识	泰山
Literally: “to have eyes but fail to recognize Mount Tai”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān, yǒu yǎn bù shì Tàishān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ngaan⁵ bat¹ sik¹ taai³ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān [Phonetic: yóuyǎnbùshítàishān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou yean bu shy Tayshan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shíh Tàishan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shì Tàishān [Phonetic: yóuyǎnbúshìtàishān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou yean bu shyh Tayshan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu yǎn bù shìh Tàishan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ bat¹ sik¹ taai³ saan¹
  - Yale: yáuh ngáahn bāt sīk taai sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ bat⁷ sik⁷ taai³ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ ngan⁵ bed¹ xig¹ tai³ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ ŋäːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ tʰäːi̯³³ säːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

有眼不識泰山

to fail to recognize someone important or someone's great talent; to be blind to the fact

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