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不辨菽麥

简 不辨菽麦 · 繁 不辨菽麥
Mandarin · pinyin bù biàn shū mài

Meanings

  1. lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
辨
biàn · distinguish, discriminate
菽
shū · beans and peas, collectively
麥
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麦
mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199
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4–4–1–4 · bu4 bian4 shu1 mai4

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bat1 bin6 suk6 mak6

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  1. (idiomatic) to have no knowledge of practical matters; to be ignorant of practical matters

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不辨菽麥 · bu4 bian4 shu1 mai4
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Exact source record不辨菽麥 不辨菽麦 [bu4 bian4 shu1 mai4] /lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters/