眼里容不得沙子

Traditional form:

眼裡容不得沙子

Pinyin (reading):

yǎnlǐróngbudéshāzi

Definitions:

• can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
• unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind
• not prepared to turn a blind eye

Characters:

• 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 容 - appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 容 - appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing