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素不相識

简 素不相识 · 繁 素不相識
Mandarin · pinyin sù bù xiāng shí

Meanings

  1. to be total strangers (idiom)
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Characters in this entry

素
sù · white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
相
xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
識
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识
shí · shì · recognize, understand, know
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4–4–1–2 · su4 bu4 xiang1 shi2

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sou3 bat1 soeng1 sik1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to not know one another before; to be strangers to one another

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