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目不識丁
  muk6 bat1 sik1 ding1   jyutping
  mu4 bu4 shi4 (TW) / shi2 (PRC) ding1   pinyin
illiterate; unable to even recognize the character ; also 不識;不識; 不識; 一字不識

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
目不識丁 / 目不识丁

This word has been viewed 1419 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 16th Feb 2010 03:02 and last edited on 16th Feb 2010 03:13
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Characters in this word:

 muk6  -  eye
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 sik1 zi3  -  know; remember
 ding1  -  male adult; manual worker; fourth
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