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目不識丁. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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目不識丁 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
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to fail to see; not to know; not to appreciate
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| trad. (目不識丁)
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目
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不識
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丁
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| simp. (目不识丁)
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目
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不识
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丁
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| Literally: “One's eyes don't know the character 丁.”
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Etymology
According to the Old Book of Tang, the Tang-dynasty official Zhang Hongjing once scornfully said to his soldiers:
Pronunciation
Idiom
目不識丁
- (derogatory) to not even know the most basic characters; to be densely illiterate