意味
Looking at someone with suspicion.
文化的背景
The concept of 'Sein' (green/stranger) is deeply rooted. Even in food, 'raw' is 'စိမ်း'. This idiom shows how language connects physical states (raw/green) to social states (stranger/suspicious). In rural areas, looking with 'green glasses' is seen as a major breach of village hospitality. In cities, it's often a defense mechanism against scams. In business, 'wearing green glasses' can be a strategy. It means you are doing 'due diligence' but in a way that shows you aren't easily fooled. On platforms like Facebook, 'Myet-hman-zein' is used in comments to describe celebrities who are feuding or 'shading' each other.
The 'Green' Connection
Always remember that 'Green' = 'Stranger' in Burmese. This makes the idiom easy to remember.
Not about Envy
Do not use this for 'green with envy'. Burmese uses 'Ma-na-lo' for that.
意味
Looking at someone with suspicion.
The 'Green' Connection
Always remember that 'Green' = 'Stranger' in Burmese. This makes the idiom easy to remember.
Not about Envy
Do not use this for 'green with envy'. Burmese uses 'Ma-na-lo' for that.
Verb Pairing
Pair it with 'Kyi' (look) for the most natural sound. 'Myet-hman-zein ne kyi'.
Social Harmony
Using this phrase about someone is a strong statement that the 'social warmth' has been broken.
自分をテスト
Fill in the missing word to complete the idiom.
သူက ကျွန်တော့်ကို မျက်မှန်_______နဲ့ ကြည့်တယ်။
မျက်မှန်စိမ်း (Green glasses) is the correct idiom for suspicion.
Which situation best fits the use of 'မျက်မှန်စိမ်း'?
ဘယ်အချိန်မှာ မျက်မှန်စိမ်းနဲ့ ကြည့်တတ်သလဲ?
The idiom is used when you are suspicious (မယုံသင်္ကာ) of someone, especially a stranger.
Complete the dialogue with the correct phrase.
A: မင်းတို့နှစ်ယောက် ရန်ဖြစ်ထားတာလား? B: အင်း၊ အခုထိ တစ်ယောက်ကိုတစ်ယောက် ___________။
After a fight, people look at each other with 'green glasses' (hostility/suspicion).
Match the phrase to the meaning.
မျက်မှန်စိမ်းတပ်တယ် ဆိုတာ ဘာလဲ?
It means to look at someone as if you don't trust them.
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Eye Idioms in Burmese
練習問題バンク
4 問題သူက ကျွန်တော့်ကို မျက်မှန်_______နဲ့ ကြည့်တယ်။
မျက်မှန်စိမ်း (Green glasses) is the correct idiom for suspicion.
ဘယ်အချိန်မှာ မျက်မှန်စိမ်းနဲ့ ကြည့်တတ်သလဲ?
The idiom is used when you are suspicious (မယုံသင်္ကာ) of someone, especially a stranger.
A: မင်းတို့နှစ်ယောက် ရန်ဖြစ်ထားတာလား? B: အင်း၊ အခုထိ တစ်ယောက်ကိုတစ်ယောက် ___________။
After a fight, people look at each other with 'green glasses' (hostility/suspicion).
မျက်မှန်စိမ်းတပ်တယ် ဆိုတာ ဘာလဲ?
It means to look at someone as if you don't trust them.
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よくある質問
14 問Yes, but you should specify 'မျက်မှန်အစိမ်းရောင်' (green colored glasses) to avoid confusion with the idiom.
It can be. Telling someone 'Don't look at me with green glasses' is a direct confrontation of their unfriendliness.
Close, but 'cold shoulder' is more about ignoring, while 'green glasses' is about looking with suspicion.
Only if you are describing a past conflict. Don't use it to describe the interviewer!
No, red is not used this way in Burmese idioms.
Because 'Sein' (green) also means 'stranger' in Burmese.
Yes, many classic Burmese pop and rock songs use it to describe heartbreak or betrayal.
No, it's strictly for people looking at other people.
Looking with 'Metta' (loving-kindness) or 'Kyi-nyo' (respect/faith).
It has historical roots but is still very much alive in modern speech.
You can say 'သူ သံသယရှိနေတယ်' (Thu than-tha-ya shi-nay-deh).
Yes, it's common even among children when they are 'fighting' with friends.
Not necessarily, it implies the *observer* thinks something is wrong or doesn't know the person.
Occasionally, to describe 'chilly' relations between countries or parties.
関連フレーズ
လူစိမ်း
builds onStranger
မျက်စိစိမ်း
similarGreen eyes
မယုံသင်္ကာ
synonymSuspicious
အေးစက်စက်
similarColdly
မျက်နှာလွှဲ
contrastTo turn one's face away
ရင်းနှီး
contrastFamiliar/Intimate
