Definition
放在眼里 literally means 'to put in the eyes' but is a fixed phrase meaning to regard someone or something as important or worthy of attention. It is almost always used in the negative pattern 不把…放在眼里 ('to not care about, to look down on, to disregard'). You can also use negative adverbs like 没 (没放在眼里) or 别 (别放在眼里). The phrase carries a dismissive or contemptuous tone when negated.
v
to regard as importantto care about(mainly in negative constructions) to pay attention toto take seriously
Examples
- ，放在眼里。Tā nàme qiānxū, gēnběn bù bǎ zìjǐ de chéngjì fàng zài yǎn lǐ.He is so modest that he hardly takes his own achievements seriously.
- ，放在眼里。Zhè zhǒng xiǎo shì, wǒ gēnběn méi fàng zài yǎn lǐ.I didn't pay such a trivial matter any mind at all.
- 放在眼里，。Bié bǎ tā de huà fàng zài yǎn lǐ, tā zhǐshì kāi wánxiào.Don't take his words seriously; he's just joking.
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