不学无术

Traditional form:

不學無術

Pinyin (reading):

bùxuéwúshù

Definitions:

• without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 术 - skill, art; method, technique; trick

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 術 - skill, art; method, technique; trick