不识时务
Traditional form:
不識時務
Pinyin (reading):
bùshíshíwù
Definitions:
- to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
- not amenable to reason
Characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 识 - knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
- 时 - time, season; period, era, age
- 务 - affairs, business; should; must
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