I can't see my fingers(shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ)

I can't see my fingers

Xiehouyu describes that the light is so dark that you can't see your fingers when you stretch out your hand. A situation in which you can't see things around you. It's from Volume 24 of Ling Mengchu's the first moment of surprise: "I just heard a gust of wind passing by. It was dark and the ghosts were crying. I couldn't see my fingers in front of my eyes and fainted for a moment."

The origin of Idioms

Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 24 of "the first moment makes a surprise" said: "I can only hear a gust of wind passing by. It's dark and the ghosts are crying. I can't see my fingers in front of my eyes and I faint for a moment."

Traditional Chinese Idioms

I can't see my fingers

A brief spelling of Idioms

ssbz

Phonetic notation of Idioms

ㄕㄣㄕㄡˇㄅㄨˊㄐㄧㄢˋㄨˇㄓㄧˇ

Degree of common use

Common idioms

Emotional color

Neutral idioms

Idiom usage

It is very dark

Idiom structure

Contraction idiom

Generation time

Ancient idioms

words whose meaning is similar

pitch-dark

Examples of Idioms

Qian Zhongshu's besieged city: "it's so dark that I can't see my fingers! At night like this, ghosts have to touch their noses and turn around. "

English translation

bepitch-darkthatyoucan'tseeyourhandinfrontofyou

Russian translation

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Chinese PinYin : shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ