無知妄說

Chinese

		to be ignorant	to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense; nonsense to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense; nonsense; rubbish; absurd remark
trad. (無知妄說)		無知	妄說
simp. (无知妄说)		无知	妄说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúzhīwàngshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄓ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúzhīwàngshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄓ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wújhihwàngshuo
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chih¹-wang⁴-shuo¹
    • Yale: wú-jr̄-wàng-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wujywanqshuo
    • Palladius: учживаншо (učživanšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Idiom

無知妄說

1. ignorant twaddle; ignorant nonsense

   • 因為這種議論或批評，沒有經過周密調查，不過是無知妄說。 [MSC, trad.]
     因为这种议论或批评，没有经过周密调查，不过是无知妄说。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1941, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《〈農村調查〉的序言和跋》 (Preface and Postscript to "Rural Surveys"), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition

     Yīnwèi zhè zhǒng yìlùn huò pīpíng, méiyǒu jīngguò zhōumì diàochá, bùguò shì wúzhīwàngshuō. [Pinyin]

     For such views or criticisms, which are not based on thorough investigation, are nothing but ignorant twaddle.