珍珠没眼仁儿，瞎宝贝珍珠沒眼仁兒，瞎寶貝珍珠沒眼仁兒，瞎寶貝

a pearl with no pupil: a blind treasure

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Said of someone who is blindly trusted or doted on without good reason. Mocking.
Wordplay: 瞎 (xiā) is both 'blind' and 'blindly, without judgment'; a pearl 'eye' lacks a pupil, and the one favouring it is blind.

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Simplified: 珍珠没眼仁儿，瞎宝贝
Traditional (Taiwan): 珍珠沒眼仁兒，瞎寶貝
Pinyin: zhēnzhū méi yǎn rénr, xiā bǎobèi
Bopomofo: ㄓㄣㄓㄨㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ，ㄒㄧㄚㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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