不识 (不識) bù shí
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bù shí
phrase
do not recognize [a person]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不认识 (Guoyu '不識' 1) -
bù shí
phrase
do not understand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不懂 (Guoyu '不識' 2)
Contained in
- 有眼不识泰山(有眼不識泰山) to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai; to fail to recognize somebody important or somebody's great talent
- 不识高低(不識高低) can't recognize tall or short; doesn't know what's what
- 不识时变(不識時變) to show no understanding of the times; cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
- 不识泰山(不識泰山) can't recognize Mt Taishan; not to recognize a famous person
- 不识一丁(不識一丁) total illiterate; unable to read the simplest characters
- 不识好歹(不識好歹) unable to tell good from bad ; undiscriminating
- 不识字(不識字) illiterate
- 不识时务(不識時務) to show no understanding of the times; cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
- 一丁不识(一丁不識) illiterate; ignorant
- 不识大体(不識大體) to fail to see the larger issue; to fail to grasp the big picture
- 不怕不识货，只怕货比货(不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨) don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them
- 目不识丁(目不識丁) the eye cannot recognize the letter T; totally illiterate
- 不识庐山真面目(不識廬山真面目) not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; can't see the forest for the trees
- 不怕不识货，就怕货比货(不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨) don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them
- 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心(狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心) a dog biting Lü Dongbin; to ill reward a person's kindness
- 一字不识(一字不識) totally illiterate
- 不识抬举(不識抬舉) fail to appreciate somebody's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III Mozi 墨子 — count: 9
- 卷二十五 列傳第六 垣崇祖 張敬兒 Volume 25 Biographies 6: Yuan Chongzu, Zhang Jing Er Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 5
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 5
- 賦篇第二十六 Chapter 26: Fu Poetry Xunzi 荀子 — count: 5
- 《公孫丑章句下》 Commentary on Gong Sun Chou II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 4
- 卷66 列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳莊 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙 Volume 66 Biographies 31: Li E, Hao Hong, Pei Zheng, Liu Zhuang, Yuan Shi, Lang Mao, Gao Gou, Zhang Qianwei, Rong Pi, Lu Zhiming, Fang Yanqian Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 4
- 公孫丑下 Gong Sun Chou II Mencius 孟子 — count: 4
- 卷一百〇六 列傳第五十六: 李林甫 楊國忠 張暐 王琚 王毛仲 陳玄禮 Volume 106 Biographies 56: Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong, Chen Xuanli Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
- 卷五十七 杜欒劉李劉謝列傳 Volume 57: Biographies of Du, Luan, Liu, Li, Liu, Xie Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
- 卷八十四 列傳第七十二: 孝行 Volume 84 Biographies 72: Filial Acts History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
Collocations
- 不识不知 (不識不知) 不識不知 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi — count: 10
- 不识天下 (不識天下) 不識天下之士 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 6
- 愚不识 (愚不識) 臣愚不識 — Xunzi 荀子, 賦篇第二十六 Chapter 26: Fu Poetry — count: 4
- 高不识 (高不識) 侯高不識元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 3
- 不识元年 (不識元年) 初王不識元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來諸侯王年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 3
- 不识物 (不識物) 然弼為人淺而不識物情 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong — count: 2
- 子不识 (子不識) 子不識為濟陰王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝景本紀》 Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor — count: 2
- 哀王不识 (哀王不識) 濟陰哀王不識者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《梁孝王世家》 House of Prince Xiao of Liang — count: 2
- 敢不识 (敢不識) 敢不識乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 不识曰 (不識曰) 不識曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李將軍列傳》 Biography of General Li — count: 2