不知天高地厚
Chinese
editas high as the heavens and as deep as the earth; the vastness of the world | |||
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trad. (不知天高地厚) | 不知 | 天高地厚 | |
simp. #(不知天高地厚) | 不知 | 天高地厚 | |
Literally: “to not know the height of the heavens nor the depths of the earth”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih tiangaodìhòu
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chih1 tʻien1-kao1-ti4-hou4
- Yale: bù-jr̄ tyān-gāu-dì-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy tiangaudihhow
- Palladius: бучжи тяньгаодихоу (bučži tjanʹgaodixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
- Yale: bāt jī tīn gōu deih háuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dzi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 ji1 tin1 gou1 déi6 heo5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ tei̯²² hɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit不知天高地厚
- to have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities; to think one knows everything; to be ignorant
- 再不說了。那原是我小時不知天高地厚,信口胡說,如今再不敢說了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Zài bù shuō le. Nà yuánshì wǒ xiǎoshí bùzhītiāngāodìhòu, xìnkǒu húshuō, rújīn zài bùgǎn shuō le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
再不说了。那原是我小时不知天高地厚,信口胡说,如今再不敢说了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 如今年過知非,想起幼年這些不知天高地厚的話,真覺愧悔。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wenkang, Ernü Yingxiongzhuan, 1878 CE
- Rújīn nián guò zhī fēi, xiǎngqǐ yòunián zhèxiē bùzhītiāngāodìhòu de huà, zhēn jiào kuì huǐ. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
如今年过知非,想起幼年这些不知天高地厚的话,真觉愧悔。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “Entry #21202”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
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