有眼不識泰山 — Cantonese Dictionary

有眼不識泰山

jau5 ngaan5 bat2 sik3 taai3 saan1

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to miss the obvious]] to miss the obvious, to be blind to a salient fact, to overlook something or someone important.

有

jau5

眼

ngaan5

不

bat2

識

sik3

泰

taai3

山

saan1

Definitions

1 [[to miss the obvious]] to miss the obvious, to be blind to a salient fact, to overlook something or someone important.
2 ngóh deih yáuh ngáahn bát sik taai sāan, aa gūng mh hóu gin haahm 我地有眼不識泰山，阿公唔好見怪呀 — We must be blind, boss, please don't be too hard on us (gwj 27, 60).