目不忍視 mù bù rěn shì

too painful to look at; can't bear to see

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold

Characters

Character Meaning
目 mù HSK 3
eye; item; list
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
忍 rěn HSK 5
to endure; to bear; to tolerate
視 shì
to look at; to regard; to inspect