不識大體

Chinese

		not; no	to understand the basic principles
trad. (不識大體)		不	識大體
simp. (不识大体)		不	识大体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshídàtǐ, bùshìdàtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧˇ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sik¹ daai⁶ tai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshídàtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshíhdàtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shih²-ta⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: bù-shŕ-dà-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyrdahtii
    • Palladius: бушидати (bušidati)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tä⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshìdàtǐ [Phonetic: búshìdàtǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshìhdàtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shih⁴-ta⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: bù-shr̀-dà-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyhdahtii
    • Palladius: бушидати (bušidati)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sik¹ daai⁶ tai²
    • Yale: bāt sīk daaih tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sik⁷ daai⁶ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xig¹ dai⁶ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ taːi̯²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

不識大體

1. to fail to see the larger issues; to ignore the general issues