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不知天高地厚
  bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5   jyutping
  bu4 zhi1 tian1 gao1 di4 hou4   pinyin
not know the immensity of heaven and earth - have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities


Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
不知天高地厚

This word has been viewed 1573 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Feb 2006 04:34 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 zi1 zi3  -  know; knowledge; inform
 tin1  -  sky, heaven
 gou1  -  tall, high
 dei6 dei6*2  -  earth; land; district; location
 hau5  -  thick; deep
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