伸手不见五指

Traditional form:

伸手不見五指

Pinyin (reading):

shēnshǒubùjiànwǔzhǐ

Definitions:

• pitch-dark (idiom)

Characters:

• 伸 - to extend, to stretch out, to open up; to trust
• 手 - hand
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 五 - five; surname
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate

Traditional characters:

• 伸 - to extend, to stretch out, to open up; to trust
• 手 - hand
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 五 - five; surname
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate