眼觀六路

Chinese

		eye	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	six directions
trad. (眼觀六路)		眼	觀	六路
simp. (眼观六路)		眼	观	六路
Literally: “to keep an eye on the six directions (above, below, front, rear, left, and right)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnguānliùlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguānliùlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguanliòulù
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-kuan¹-liu⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-gwān-lyòu-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguanliowluh
    • Palladius: яньгуаньлюлу (janʹguanʹljulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

Idiom

眼觀六路

1. keeping a close eye on various things; considering the many aspects of a situation

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 一眼關七／一眼关七

Derived terms

• 眼觀六路，耳聽八方／眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng)