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There are 22 total results for your 不識 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

不識


不识

see styles
bù shì
    bu4 shi4
pu shih
 fushiki
    ふしき
not knowing
unaware

不識字


不识字

see styles
bù shí zì
    bu4 shi2 zi4
pu shih tzu
illiterate

程不識


程不识

see styles
chéng bù shí
    cheng2 bu4 shi2
ch`eng pu shih
    cheng pu shih
Cheng Bushi, Han dynasty general

不識一丁


不识一丁

see styles
bù shí yī dīng
    bu4 shi2 yi1 ding1
pu shih i ting
total illiterate; unable to read the simplest characters

不識大體


不识大体

see styles
bù shí dà tǐ
    bu4 shi2 da4 ti3
pu shih ta t`i
    pu shih ta ti
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom); to fail to grasp the big picture

不識好歹


不识好歹

see styles
bù shí hǎo dǎi
    bu4 shi2 hao3 dai3
pu shih hao tai
unable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating

不識抬舉


不识抬举

see styles
bù shí tái jǔ
    bu4 shi2 tai2 ju3
pu shih t`ai chü
    pu shih tai chü
fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors

不識時務


不识时务

see styles
bù shí shí wù
    bu4 shi2 shi2 wu4
pu shih shih wu
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason

不識時變


不识时变

see styles
bù shí shí biàn
    bu4 shi2 shi2 bian4
pu shih shih pien
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason

不識泰山


不识泰山

see styles
bù shí tài shān
    bu4 shi2 tai4 shan1
pu shih t`ai shan
    pu shih tai shan
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

不識高低


不识高低

see styles
bù shí gāo dī
    bu4 shi2 gao1 di1
pu shih kao ti
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what

一丁不識


一丁不识

see styles
yī dīng bù shí
    yi1 ding1 bu4 shi2
i ting pu shih
illiterate

一字不識


一字不识

see styles
yī zì bù shí
    yi1 zi4 bu4 shi2
i tzu pu shih
totally illiterate

不知不識

see styles
 fuchifushiki
    ふちふしき
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) (See 知らず識らず) not aware of what one is doing

目不識丁


目不识丁

see styles
mù bù shí dīng
    mu4 bu4 shi2 ding1
mu pu shih ting
lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

達磨不識


达磨不识

see styles
dá mó bù shì
    da2 mo2 bu4 shi4
ta mo pu shih
 Datsuma fushiki
Bodhidharma's don't know

有眼不識泰山


有眼不识泰山

see styles
yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān
    you3 yan3 bu4 shi2 tai4 shan1
yu yen pu shih t`ai shan
    yu yen pu shih tai shan
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent; to be blind to the fact

不識廬山真面目


不识庐山真面目

see styles
bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù
    bu4 shi2 lu2 shan1 zhen1 mian4 mu4
pu shih lu shan chen mien mu
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom); fig. can't see the forest for the trees

不怕不識貨,只怕貨比貨


不怕不识货,只怕货比货

see styles
bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò
    bu4 pa4 bu4 shi2 huo4 , zhi3 pa4 huo4 bi3 huo4
pu p`a pu shih huo , chih p`a huo pi huo
    pu pa pu shih huo , chih pa huo pi huo
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb); fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

不怕不識貨,就怕貨比貨


不怕不识货,就怕货比货

see styles
bù pà bù shí huò , jiù pà huò bǐ huò
    bu4 pa4 bu4 shi2 huo4 , jiu4 pa4 huo4 bi3 huo4
pu p`a pu shih huo , chiu p`a huo pi huo
    pu pa pu shih huo , chiu pa huo pi huo
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb); fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

狗咬呂洞賓,不識好人心


狗咬吕洞宾,不识好人心

see styles
gǒu yǎo lǚ dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn
    gou3 yao3 lu:3 dong4 bin1 , bu4 shi2 hao3 ren2 xin1
kou yao lü tung pin , pu shih hao jen hsin
a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom); to ill reward a person's kindness

Variations:
知らず知らず(P)
知らず識らず
不知不識

see styles
 shirazushirazu
    しらずしらず
(adverb) (yoji) unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 22 results for "不識" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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