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冇眼屎乾淨盲
  mou5 ngaan5 si2 gon1 zeng6 maang4   jyutping
[1] rather embracing ignorance than knowing the upsetting thing; rather have a peaceful mind than seeing such an upsetting thing
[2] cut the loss; get rid of the stuff before suffering further loss

[lit] rather be blind but clean than being clogged by any gum in the eyes

near-synonym: 冇眼睇 (for [1])
Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
冇眼屎乾淨盲

This word has been viewed 4034 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 25th Nov 2007 04:25 and last edited on 18th Oct 2009 04:26
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Characters in this word:

 mou5  -  don't have
 ngaan5  -  eye
 si2  -  excrement; no good
 gon1 kin4  -  dry; dried food; dried up; adopted
 zing6 zeng6  -  clean; pure; net; cleanse; always
 maang4  -  blind; illiterate

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detail audio 雖然老公出便嫖賭飲吹至少賺錢返嚟養家冇眼屎乾淨盲
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.
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