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冇mou5眼ngaan5睇tai2

mou5 ngaan5 tai2mǎo yǎn dì

English

  1. (phrasal verb) cannot stand to look at; cannot bear to think about; to turn a blind eye to; to be reluctant to intervene in
  2. to hate to see something; not to want to think about something; not able to keep an eye on someone or something; literally "to have no eyes to see"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔願意見到以至諗起一啲之前留意過嘅嘢,或指無力再關注一啲人或事,通常帶住怨氣

Examples

  • 我都一把年紀咯,呢啲嘢我冇眼睇㗎喇。

    I'm turning old, I feel not able to keep an eye on these things anymore.

  • 呢個衰仔叫佢唔好作奸犯科好好地做人,係都唔聽,我真係冇眼睇佢。

    I've been telling this troublemaker time and again to behave and not do evil things, yet he never listens; I can't bear to look at him anymore.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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