目不忍视 mù bù rěn shì

too painful or ugly to look at

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
视 shì HSK 1
to look at; to regard; to inspect