to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
trad. 不識時務
Also written 不識時務【bù shí shí wù】
Characters in this word
4不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
识
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to know, knowledge, Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- Pinyin
- shí
- Traditional
- 識
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 36306 of 2500
时
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old variant of 時|时[shi2]
- Pinyin
- shí
- Traditional
- 旹
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 224 of 2500
务
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affair, business, matter, to be engaged in, to attend to, by all means
- Pinyin
- wù
- Traditional
- 務
- Strokes
- 5