Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「熟視無睹」 and how it’s used.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「熟視無睹」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Familiar: often see, accustomed to; unsee: not see. When you get used to seeing it, it’s like you haven’t seen it at all. It also means seeing a certain phenomenon but not caring about it and pretending not to see it.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shú shì wú dǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
suk6 si6 mou4 dou2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

