"不識時務" meaning in Chinese

See 不識時務 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ siː²¹ mou̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 不识时务 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 不識時務
  1. to show no understanding of the times; to not be able to adapt to current circumstances Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不識時務-zh-phrase-oqP42AFP Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 61 39 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
  2. to lack judgement Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不識時務-zh-phrase-uNvG5ArD Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不识时务",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "不識時務",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to show no understanding of the times; to not be able to adapt to current circumstances"
      ],
      "id": "en-不識時務-zh-phrase-oqP42AFP",
      "links": [
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "times",
          "times"
        ],
        [
          "adapt",
          "adapt"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lack judgement"
      ],
      "id": "en-不識時務-zh-phrase-uNvG5ArD",
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "judgement",
          "judgement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshíshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshìshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sik¹ si⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshíshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshíhshíhwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-shih²-shih²-wu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-shŕ-shŕ-wù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bushyrshyrwuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bušišiu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бушишиу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshìshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "búshìshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshìhshíhwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-shih⁴-shih²-wu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-shr̀-shŕ-wù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bushyhshyrwuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bušišiu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бушишиу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sik¹ si⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt sīk sìh mouh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ sik⁷ si⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ xig¹ xi⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ siː²¹ mou̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不識時務"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 務",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 時",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 識",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不识时务",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "不識時務",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to show no understanding of the times; to not be able to adapt to current circumstances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "times",
          "times"
        ],
        [
          "adapt",
          "adapt"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to lack judgement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "judgement",
          "judgement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshíshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshìshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sik¹ si⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshíshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshíhshíhwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-shih²-shih²-wu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-shŕ-shŕ-wù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bushyrshyrwuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bušišiu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бушишиу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshìshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "búshìshíwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùshìhshíhwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-shih⁴-shih²-wu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-shr̀-shŕ-wù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bushyhshyrwuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bušišiu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бушишиу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sik¹ si⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt sīk sìh mouh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ sik⁷ si⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ xig¹ xi⁴ mou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ siː²¹ mou̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不識時務"
}

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