"目不識丁" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "「……今 天下 無事，汝輩 挽 得 兩 石{dàn} 力 弓，不如 識 一 丁 字。」",
        "2": "“ […] Now that the world is in peace, although you all are able to draw a bow that takes two dan 􂀿a unit of measure􂁀 of force to be drawn, that is not as good as being able to read the simplest characters like 丁.”",
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      "expansion": "「……今天下無事，汝輩挽得兩石力弓，不如識一丁字。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]「……今天下无事，汝辈挽得两石力弓，不如识一丁字。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE\n“...... Jīn tiānxià wúshì, rǔbèi wǎn dé liǎng dàn lì gōng, bùrú shí yī dīng zì.” [Pinyin]\n“ […] Now that the world is in peace, although you all are able to draw a bow that takes two dan [a unit of measure] of force to be drawn, that is not as good as being able to read the simplest characters like 丁.”",
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  "etymology_text": "According to the Old Book of Tang, the Tang-dynasty official Zhang Hongjing once scornfully said to his soldiers:\n:\n「……今天下無事，汝輩挽得兩石力弓，不如識一丁字。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]「……今天下无事，汝辈挽得两石力弓，不如识一丁字。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE\n“...... Jīn tiānxià wúshì, rǔbèi wǎn dé liǎng dàn lì gōng, bùrú shí yī dīng zì.” [Pinyin]\n“ […] Now that the world is in peace, although you all are able to draw a bow that takes two dan [a unit of measure] of force to be drawn, that is not as good as being able to read the simplest characters like 丁.”",
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        "to not even know the most basic characters; to be densely illiterate"
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      "zh-pron": "mùbùshìdīng"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧㄥ"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄥ"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "muk⁶ bat¹ sik¹ ding¹"
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      "zh-pron": "mu⁴-pu⁴-shih²-ting¹"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "mù-bù-shŕ-dīng"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "muhbushyrding"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "muhk bāt sīk dīng"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "muk⁹ bat⁷ sik⁷ ding¹"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mug⁶ bed¹ xig¹ ding¹"
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      "ipa": "/mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ tɪŋ⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "目不識丁"
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        "2": "“ […] Now that the world is in peace, although you all are able to draw a bow that takes two dan 􂀿a unit of measure􂁀 of force to be drawn, that is not as good as being able to read the simplest characters like 丁.”",
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "mu⁴-pu⁴-shih²-ting¹"
    },
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "mù-bù-shŕ-dīng"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "мубушидин"
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        "Palladius"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "mù-bù-shr̀-dīng"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "muhk bāt sīk dīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muk⁹ bat⁷ sik⁷ ding¹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mug⁶ bed¹ xig¹ ding¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ tɪŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "other": "[Phonetic: mùbúshìdīng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ tɪŋ⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "目不識丁"
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