"ignorant and backward" Chinese-English Dictionary

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愚陋 yú lòu ignorant and backward syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
童蒙 tóng méng young and ignorant / ignorant and uneducated syn
一穷二白 一窮二白 yī qióng èr bái impoverished / backward both economically and culturally syn
前俯后仰 前俯後仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc) syn
孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn
兼听则明,偏信则暗 兼聽則明,偏信則暗 jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn listen to both sides and you will be enlightened / heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
落后 落後 luò hòu to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress syn
向后 向後 xiàng hòu backward
回流 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
退步 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback syn
后空翻 後空翻 hòu kōng fān backward somersault / backflip
dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn
开倒车 開倒車 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back syn
liào to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
后掩蔽 後掩蔽 hòu yǎn bì backward masking
逆向拥塞通知 逆向擁塞通知 nì xiàng yōng sāi tōng zhī Backward Explicit Congestion Notification / BECN
后翻筋斗 後翻筋斗 hòu fān jīn dǒu backward somersault
向后翻腾 向後翻騰 xiàng hòu fān téng backward somersault
尥蹶子 liào juě zi (of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance syn
经济落后 經濟落後 jīng jì luò hòu economically backward
国家落后阶级委员会 National Commission for Backward Classes
不长进 不長進 bù zhǎng jìn not improving / backward / below par
治愚 zhì yú to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking
不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn
愚昧无知 愚昧無知 yú mèi wú zhī stupid and ignorant (idiom) syn
坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn
愚顽 愚頑 yú wán ignorant and stubborn syn
妄人 wàng rén presumptuous and ignorant person syn
如堕烟雾 如墮煙霧 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom) / ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
愚懦 yú nuò ignorant and timid syn
聋聩 聾聵 lóng kuì deaf / fig. stupid and ignorant
愚弱 yú ruò ignorant and feeble
科盲 kē máng person who is ignorant about science and technology / scientific illiteracy syn
盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding syn
无知 無知 wú zhī ignorant / ignorance syn
一无所知 一無所知 yī wú suǒ zhī (idiom) not knowing anything at all / completely ignorant syn
愚昧 yú mèi ignorant / uneducated / ignorance syn
懵懂 měng dǒng confused / ignorant syn
匹夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow syn
懵懵懂懂 měng měng dǒng dǒng confused / ignorant
愚民 yú mín ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
蒙昧 méng mèi uncultured / uncivilized / God-forsaken / ignorant / illiterate syn
一团漆黑 一團漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation syn
露怯 lòu qiè to display one's ignorance / to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder
àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn
méng to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat syn
tóng ignorant
chī ignorant / worm syn
kōng ignorant / blank-minded
nài ignorant / sun hat
蒙昧无知 蒙昧無知 méng mèi wú zhī benighted (idiom) / ignorant
不辨菽麦 不辨菽麥 bù biàn shū mài lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom) / fig. ignorant of practical matters syn
一丁不识 一丁不識 yī dīng bù shí illiterate / ignorant
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠,合成一個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠,賽過一個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠,賽過諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠,頂個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
倥侗 kōng tóng ignorant / unenlightened
俭腹 儉腹 jiǎn fù lacking in knowledge / ignorant
大愚 dà yú idiot / ignorant fool
孤陋 gū lòu ignorant / ill-informed
愚蒙 愚矇 yú méng ignorant / stupid syn
戆督 戇督 gàng dū stupid, ignorant (Wu dialect)
疑冰 yí bīng ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
素质差 素質差 sù zhì chà so uneducated! / so ignorant!
蒙求 méng qiú (traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian
怐愗 kòu mào (literary) stupid / ignorant
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
三曹 sān cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
春秋五霸 chūn qiū wǔ bà the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4]
阿姆河 ā mǔ hé Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan / formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
简化行政、商业、运输手续及惯例中心 簡化行政、商業、運輸手續及慣例中心 United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport / Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport
亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery
联合国和平与裁军亚洲及太平洋区域中心 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific / United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament for Asia and the Pacific
一体和相互关系原则 一體和相互關系原則 principle of integration and interrelationship, in particular in relation to human rights and social, economic and environmental objectives / principle of integration and interrelationship / integration principle
金沙萨公约 金沙薩公約 Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly / Kinshasa Convention
制裁基地组织和塔利班委员会 制裁基地組織和塔利班委員會 Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities / Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee / 1267 Committee
1267委员会 1267委員會 Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities / Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee / 1267 Committee
八纲 八綱 bā gāng (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
国家广播电视总局 國家廣播電視總局 guó jiā guǎng bō diàn shì zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
一人得道,鸡犬升天 一人得道,雞犬升天 yī rén - dé dào , jī quǎn - shēng tiān lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
鸡犬升天 雞犬升天 jī quǎn - shēng tiān lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道,雞犬升天|一人得道,鸡犬升天[yi1ren2-de2dao4, ji1quan3-sheng1tian1]) syn
思政 sī zhèng ideological and political education (abbr. for 思想政治教育[si1 xiang3 zheng4 zhi4 jiao4 yu4]) (state-directed education in China aimed at promoting Marxism, patriotism and socialist values, particularly in schools and universities – also, more broadly, ideological guidance in workplaces, media and public discourse)
上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
有无 有無 yǒu wú to have or have not / surplus and shortfall / tangible and intangible / corporeal and incorporeal
两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
出入 chū rù to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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