眼不见为净 in English yan3 bu4 jian4 wei2 jing4 Meaning

Meanings

  • what remains unseen is deemed to be clean
  • what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

眼 不 见 为 净

Traditional Characters

眼 不 見 為 淨

Pinyin

yan3 bu4 jian4 wei2 jing4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

眼yan3eye 不bu4(negative prefix) 见jian4to see 为wei4as (in the capacity of) 净jing4variant of 淨|净[jing4]