戴着木头眼镜，只看见一寸远戴著木頭眼鏡，只看見一寸遠戴着木頭眼鏡，只看見一寸遠

wearing wooden glasses, you can only see an inch ahead

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes a short-sighted person who lacks vision and cannot see beyond the immediate. Critical, mocking.
Wordplay: "看见一寸远" (kànjiàn yī cùn yuǎn) means literally seeing only an inch, and figuratively means lacking foresight.

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Simplified: 戴着木头眼镜，只看见一寸远
Traditional (Taiwan): 戴著木頭眼鏡，只看見一寸遠
Traditional (Hong Kong): 戴着木頭眼鏡，只看見一寸遠
Pinyin: dàizhe mùtou yǎnjìng, zhǐ kànjiàn yícùn yuǎn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ，ㄓˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄩㄢˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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