不知者不罪

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	not; no	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (不知者不罪)		不知	者	不	罪
simp. #(不知者不罪)		不知	者	不	罪
Literally: “the ignorant person is not guilty”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhī zhě bù zuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ ze² bat¹ zeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī zhě bù zuì [Phonetic: bùzhī zhě bú zuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih jhě bù zuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ chê³ pu⁴ tsui⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄ jě bù dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy jee bu tzuey
    • Palladius: бучжи чжэ бу цзуй (bučži čžɛ bu czuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ ze² bat¹ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: bāt jī jé bāt jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ dze² bat⁷ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ zé² bed¹ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯²²/

Proverb

不知者不罪

1. One who errs unknowingly need not be held responsible.

Synonyms

• 不知者無罪／不知者无罪 (bùzhī zhě wúzuì)

Antonyms

• 知者有罪