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不識
  bat1 sik1   jyutping
to fail to see; not to know; not to appreciate


Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
不識

This word has been viewed 1578 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 3rd Nov 2005 05:09 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 sik1 zi3  -  know; remember

8 compounds containing this word:

有眼不識泰山 - entertain an angel unawares
不識大體 - fail to see the larger issues; ignore the general interest
不識抬舉 - fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
不識時務 - not know/understand politics
不識相 - not tactful, not knowing how to avoid embarrassments (i.e., ignorant of how to save face)
目不識丁 - illiterate; unable to even recognize the character 丁
不識之無 - totally illiterate; uneducated
一字不識 - illiterate; unable to read even on character (word)

2 Cantonese Homophones / Homophone Variants for this word:


detail  bat1 sik1  bu4 xi2 = to not stint; to not hesitate
detail  bat1 sik1  bu4 shi4 = [1] unwell, [2] indisposed, out of sorts


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