沒見過世面

See also: 没见过世面

Chinese

		have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	the world as a whole; society; state of the world
trad. (沒見過世面)		沒	見	過	世面
simp. (没见过世面)		没	见	过	世面
Literally: “to have not seen the world”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi jiànguo shìmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi jiànguo shìmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi jiànguo̊ shìhmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mei² chien⁴-kuo⁵ shih⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: méi jyàn-gwo shr̀-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei jiann.guo shyhmiann
    • Palladius: мэй цзяньго шимянь (mɛj czjanʹgo šimjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ g̊u̯ɔ¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Verb

沒見過世面

1. (idiomatic) to be green and inexperienced; to be unsophisticated

   小城市的人民沒見過世面。 [MSC, trad.]
   小城市的人民没见过世面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiǎo chéngshì de rénmín méi jiànguò shìmiàn. [Pinyin]

   People from small cities have not seen much of the world.