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batˉ¹不gin˗₃見
简 不见
Pinyin: bu2 jian4
Translations
nounnot see; not meet; unable to find | Cant.: 唔見
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見dakˉ¹得
简 不见得
Pinyin: bu2 jian4 de2
Translations
nounnot necessarily; not likely | Cant.: 唔見得
noun(verb) Be not see
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見gingˉ¹經zyunˍ₆傳
简 不见经传
Pinyin: bu4 jian4 jing1 zhuan4
Translations
nounnot to be found in the classics
siˍ₆視jiˎ₄而batˉ¹不gin˗₃見
简 视而不见
Pinyin: shi4 er2 bu4 jian4
Translations
nounto pretend to look at, but not really be paying attention;
hon˗₃看batˉ¹不gin˗₃見
简 看不见
Pinyin: kan4 bu2 jian4
Translations
noununseen
gin˗₃見ngaaˎ₄牙batˉ¹不gin˗₃見ngaanˏ₅眼
简 见牙不见眼
Pinyin: jian4 ya2 bu4 jian4 yan3
Translations
nounsmiling broadly (such that one "sees the teeth and not the eyes")
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見batˉ¹不saan˗₃散
简 不见不散
Pinyin: bu2 jian4 bu2 san4
Translations
nounnot leaving untill seeing each other. (Lit. not see not leave)
houˊ²好gauˊ²久batˉ¹不gin˗₃見
简 好久不见
Pinyin: hao3 jiu3 bu2 jian4
Translations
nounlong time no see
noun很久不見
noun好耐冇見, 好耐唔見
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見dikˉ¹的
简 不见的
Pinyin: bu4 jian4 de5
Translations
nounmissing
saat˗₃殺janˎ₄人batˉ¹不gin˗₃見hyut˗₃血
简 杀人不见血
Pinyin: sha1 ren2 bu4 jian4 xie3
Translations
nounto kill without shedding blood
hanˊ²很gauˊ²久batˉ¹不gin˗₃見
简 很久不见
Pinyin: hen3 jiu3 bu4 jian4
Translations
nounlong time no see
noun好耐冇見, 好耐唔見
noun好久不見
nounlong time no see [written]
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見liuˏ₅了
简 不见了
Pinyin: bu4 jian4 le5
Translations
noundisappear; be missing | Cant.: 唔見咗
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見samˉ¹森lamˎ₄林
简 不见森林
Pinyin: bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2
Translations
nounfail to see the wood for the trees
jatˉ¹一jatˍ₆日batˉ¹不gin˗₃見jyuˎ₄如gaak˗₃隔saamˉ¹三cauˉ¹秋
简 一日不见如隔三秋
Pinyin: yi1 ri4 bu4 jian4 ru2 ge2 san1 qiu1
Translations
nounone day (away from a dear one) seems like three years | also 一日三秋
batˉ¹不gin˗₃見gunˉ¹棺coiˎ₄材batˉ¹不lokˍ₆落leoiˍ₆淚
简 不见棺材不落泪
Pinyin: bu4 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu4 luo4 lei4
Translations
nounnot shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
siˍ₆視jiˎ₄而batˉ¹不gin3,見,tingˉ¹聽jiˎ₄而batˉ¹不manˎ₄聞
简 视而不见,听而不闻
Pinyin: shi4 er2 bu4 jian4, ting1 er2 bu4 wen2
Translations
nountake no notice; to appear to looking and listening, but not really
idiomto see but not perceive, to hear but not listen; deliberately ignoring
ngaanˏ₅眼batˉ¹不gin˗₃見waiˎ₄為gonˉ¹乾zengˍ₆淨
简 眼不见为干净
Pinyin: yan3 bu4 jian4 wei2 gan1 jing4
Translations
noun(slang) things become clean and tidy when people don't see the mess