as clear-sighted as viewing a fire
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is m í ngru ò Gu ā nhu ǒ, which means that it is as clear as looking at fire; it describes seeing things clearly. It comes from the book of Pan Geng.
The origin of Idioms
In the book of Pan gengshang: "Yu Ruo observes fire."
Idiom usage
It's a complement; it's a predicate; it's a compliment. Example Lu Zhi of Tang Dynasty's "Fengtian Lun Qian Suo Pian not implemented" states: "good and evil from the category, such as the end of the Pearl, success or failure as line, as if watching fire."
as clear-sighted as viewing a fire
Have eyes but not know Mount Tai - yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān
condemn both in speech and in writing - kǒu zhū bǐ fá
Gulls and rivers depend on each other - ōu shuǐ xiāng yī