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不識泰山

简不识泰山 · 繁不識泰山

Mandarin · pinyin bù shí Tài Shān

can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
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泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
识: shí · shì · recognize, understand, know

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4–2–4–1 · bu4 shi2 Tai4 Shan1

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bat1 sik1 taai3 saan1

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