伸手不見五指

pitch-dark (idiom)

to stretch / to extend

to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

five / 5

the five fingers of one's hand

finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end