燈下黑

Chinese

		lamp; light	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)
trad. (燈下黑)		燈	下	黑
simp. (灯下黑)		灯	下	黑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngxiàhēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngxiàhēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengsiàhei
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-hsia⁴-hei¹
    • Yale: dēng-syà-hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengshiahhei
    • Palladius: дэнсяхэй (dɛnsjaxɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

燈下黑

1. (literally) it's dark right under the lamp
2. (figurative) people tend to overlook things right under their noses