飞行 飛行 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation syn 瞎子 xiā zi blind person syn 盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding syn 盲人 máng rén blind person syn 失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness syn 死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn 视而不见 視而不見 shì ér bù jiàn (idiom) to turn a blind eye to / to ignore syn 飞碟 飛碟 fēi dié flying saucer / frisbee 飞行器 飛行器 fēi xíng qì flying craft (airplane, drone, missile, balloon, spacecraft, satellite etc) syn 百叶窗 百葉窗 bǎi yè chuāng shutter / blind 盲点 盲點 máng diǎn blind spot 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess 瞎眼 xiā yǎn to be blind syn 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 飞虫 飛蟲 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 盲区 盲區 máng qū blind spot 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 习习 習習 xí xí (of the wind) blowing gently / abundant / flying syn 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 李广 李廣 lǐ guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴 飞身 飛身 fēi shēn to move quickly / to vault / flying tackle 飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 加油机 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish syn 导盲犬 導盲犬 dǎo máng quǎn guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing 飞蝗 飛蝗 fēi huáng flying locusts 瞎 xiā blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose syn 盲 máng blind syn 眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3] syn 视若无睹 視若無睹 shì ruò wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to syn 酩酊 mǐng dǐng blind drunk syn 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 陈纳德 陳納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II 砉 huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn 瞽 gǔ blind / undiscerning 眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare syn 瞍 sǒu blind syn 鼯 wú flying squirrel 睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic) 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 哑弹 啞彈 dud / blind 鼯鼠 wú shǔ flying squirrel 死区 死區 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot 螣 téng flying dragon 鸓 lěi flying squirrel 健步如飞 健步如飛 jiàn bù rú fēi running as fast as flying syn 悍然不顾 悍然不顧 hàn rán bù gù outrageous and unconventional (idiom) / flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc) syn 终南捷径 終南捷徑 zhōng nán jié jìng lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career / easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court) syn 雁过拔毛 雁過拔毛 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic syn 十面埋伏 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]) 有目无睹 有目無睹 yǒu mù wú dǔ has eyes but can't see (idiom) / unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth / blind (to sth great) 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact 有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively) / unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with / to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would syn 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 瞽阇 瞽闍 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 三盲试验 sān máng shì yàn triple-blind trial / triple-blind study / triple-masked trial 双盲分析 double-blind trial / double-blind study / double-masked trial 双盲程序 shuāng máng chéng xù double-blind trial / double-blind study / double-masked trial 盲样 máng yàng blind sample / blind specimen 单盲试验 單盲試驗 single-blind trial / single-blind study / single masked-trial 瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck 幽浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship 塕 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust 鼯鼠亚科 鼯鼠亞科 wú shǔ yà kē flying 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 狐蝠 hú fú flying fox / fruit bat (genus Pteropus) 飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn 飞身翻腾 飛身翻騰 fēi shēn fān téng flying somersault 飞针走线 飛針走線 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom) / skillful needlework syn 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 飞鸽 飛鴿 fēi gē Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) 放线 放線 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field 飞片透镜 flying plate lens 飞毯行动 Operation Flying Carpet 赤鱿 chì yóu neon flying squid 七星鱿鱼 qī xīng yóu yú sevenstar flying squid 空中加油机 空中加油機 tanker aircraft / flying tanker 国际不明飞行物年 國際不明飛行物年 International Year of Unidentified Flying Objects 东非飞行学校 東非飛行學校 East African Flying School 超低空飞行 超低空飛行 nap-of-the-earth flying 掠地飞行 掠地飛行 nap-of-the-earth flying 飞鼠 飛鼠 fēi shǔ flying squirrel / (dialect) bat 鸡飞狗跳 雞飛狗跳 jī fēi gǒu tiào lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray 飞也似的 飛也似的 fēi yě shì de lit. as if flying / very fast 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu - héng fēi (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions / carnage syn 𬸣 鶱 xiān (literary) (adjective) (of birds) flying / soaring 暗井 àn jǐng blind shaft / winze 