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Here, we present the idiom 「有眼無珠」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Pearl: eyeball. No eyeballs. Used to scold someone for being blind and unable to see the greatness or importance of someone or something.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǒu yǎn wú zhū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau5 ngaan5 mou4 jyu1

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