| 眼不见为净 |
yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng |
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom) |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不见 |
bù jiàn |
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing |
| 见 |
jiàn |
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view |
| 见 |
xiàn |
to appear / also written 现 |
| 为 |
wéi |
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 净 |
jìng |
variant of 净 |
| 净 |
jìng |
clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role |