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伸手不见五指

shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ

6-character word Traditional 伸手不見五指

What 伸手不见五指 means

1. pitch-dark (idiom)

The characters in 伸手不见五指

• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 五wǔfive; 5
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to