不見

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

Characters and words in 不見

bù = bu + Ø4

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

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.

jiàn = ji + an4

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

见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.

xiàn = xi + an4

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

Words with 不見

not necessarily / not likely

(lit.) name not encountered in the classics / unknown (person) / nobody

see 抬頭不見低頭見|抬头不见低头见[tai2 tou2 bu4 jian4 di1 tou2 jian4]

unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture

you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed

all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice

lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

not found in the classics (idiom); unknown / unfounded / not authoritative

pitch-dark (idiom)

,

unique / unprecedented (idiom)

long time no see

(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly

so deep one cannot see to the bottom / limitless

lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives / blood is thicker than water (idiom)

lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home

cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible

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one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

no trace to be seen

lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!

to have disappeared / to be missing / nowhere to be found

Sentences with 不見

不見 currently does not appear in any sentence.