不知天高地厚
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Chinese
[edit]as high as the heavens and as deep as the earth; profound; deep | |||
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trad. (不知天高地厚) | 不知 | 天高地厚 | |
simp. #(不知天高地厚) | 不知 | 天高地厚 | |
Literally: “to not know the height of the heavens nor the depths of the earth”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih tiangaodìhòu
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chih1 tʻien1-kao1-ti4-hou4
- Yale: bù-jr̄ tyān-gāu-dì-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy tiangaudihhow
- Palladius: бучжи тяньгаодихоу (bučži tjanʹgaodixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
- Yale: bāt jī tīn gōu deih háuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dzi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 ji1 tin1 gou1 déi6 heo5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ tei̯²² hɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]不知天高地厚
- to have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities; to think one knows everything; to be ignorant