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 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 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 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 盲区 盲區 máng qū blind spot 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] 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind 导盲犬 導盲犬 dǎo máng quǎn guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog 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 瞽 gǔ blind / undiscerning 眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare syn 瞍 sǒu blind syn 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 死区 死區 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot 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 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 暗井 àn jǐng blind shaft / winze 眛 mèi blind / imperceptive 死衚衕 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley 假拱 jiǎ gǒng blind arch / false arch 哑点 啞點 yǎ diǎn blind spot / dead spot 坐视无睹 坐視無睹 zuò shì wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to 密送 mì sòng Bcc (for email) / Blind carbon copy (for email) 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas 左丘明 zuǒ qiū míng Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed 左氏春秋 zuǒ shì chūn qiū Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] 摸象 mō xiàng to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people) 明杖 míng zhàng white cane (used by the blind) 春秋左氏传 春秋左氏傳 chūn qiū zuǒ shì zhuàn Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] 死巷 sǐ xiàng blind alley / dead end 泥醉 ní zuì blind drunk / drunk as drunk can be 熟无熟手 熟無熟手 shú wú shú shǒu not to notice a familiar sight / blind to sth 眼瞎耳聋 眼瞎耳聾 yǎn xiā ěr lóng to be deaf and blind (idiom) 睁一眼闭一眼 睜一眼閉一眼 zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn to turn a blind eye 睁只眼闭只眼 睜隻眼閉隻眼 zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye 瞎子摸象 xiā zi 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 钻牛角 鑽牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / 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 / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 静区 靜區 jìng qū silent zone / blind spot / dead space 黑瞎子岛 黑瞎子島 hēi xiā zi dǎo Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island 双盲 雙盲 shuāng máng double-blind (scientific experiment) 未爆弹 未爆彈 wèi bào dàn dud / blind 非洲盲人联合会 African Union of the Blind 双盲法 shuāng máng fǎ double blind method 加沙盲人中心 Gaza Centre for the Blind 世界盲人联合会 世界盲人聯合會 World Blind Union 世界盲人福利理事会 世界盲人福利理事會 World Council for the Welfare of the Blind 聋盲者权利宣言 聾盲者權利宣言 Declaration on the Rights of Deaf-Blind Persons 国际聋哑人教育协会 國際聾啞人教育協會 International Association for the Education of Deaf-Blind 国际聋盲人通讯 國際聾盲人通訊 International Newsletter for the Deaf-Blind 国际盲人联合会 國際盲人聯合會 International Federation of the Blind 非洲盲人联合会制宪大会 非洲盲人聯合會制憲大會 Constituent Assembly of the African Federation for the Blind 盲目聪明炸弹 盲目聰明炸彈 blind smart bomb 中东盲人福利委员会 中東盲人福利委員會 Middle East Committee for the Welfare of the Blind 盲目飞行 盲目飛行 blind flying 破盲 break the blind (v.) 盲目轰炸区 盲目轟炸區 blind bombing 单盲 單盲 dān máng single-blind (scientific experiment) 海伦・凯勒 海倫・凱勒 hǎi lún · kǎi lē Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 目盲 mù máng blind / blindness 眼里容不得沙子 眼裡容不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye 马竿 馬竿 mǎ gān lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick 盲杖 máng zhàng white cane (used by the blind) 睁一只眼闭一只眼 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye 没长眼睛 沒長眼睛 méi zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going 媒合 méi hé to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc) 山中无老虎，猴子称大王 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王 shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dài wang in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 hǎi lún · kǎi lē Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 问道于盲 問道於盲 wèn dào yú máng lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) / fig. to seek advice from an incompetent syn 盲品 máng pǐn blind taste testing 盲盒 máng hé blind box / mystery box 山中无老虎，猴子称大王 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王 shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王[da4 wang2] or 大王[dai4 wang5]) 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 hǎi lún · kǎi lè Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 亮眼人 liàng yǎn rén (term used by the blind) sighted person / person with eyesight / perceptive person / observant person syn 盲友 máng yǒu blind person / visually-impaired person 