"ignorant masses" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
愚民 yú mín ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
与众不同 與眾不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng to stand out from the masses (idiom) syn
一无所知 一無所知 yī wú suǒ zhī (idiom) not knowing anything at all / completely ignorant syn
大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn
民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people syn
无知 無知 wú zhī ignorant / ignorance syn
群众 群眾 qún zhòng mass / multitude / the masses syn
盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding syn
唤起 喚起 huàn qǐ to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc) syn
愚昧 yú mèi ignorant / uneducated / ignorance syn
大众化 大眾化 dà zhòng huà mass-oriented / to cater for the masses / popularized
愚昧无知 愚昧無知 yú mèi wú zhī stupid and ignorant (idiom) syn
懵懂 měng dǒng confused / ignorant syn
脍炙人口 膾炙人口 kuài zhì rén kǒu appealing to the masses / universally appreciated (idiom) syn
匹夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow syn
军民 軍民 jūn mín army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
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
蒙昧 méng mèi uncultured / uncivilized / God-forsaken / ignorant / illiterate syn
群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc)
干群 幹群 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people
群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses
不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn
懵懵懂懂 měng měng dǒng dǒng confused / ignorant
公之于众 公之於眾 gōng zhī yú zhòng to make known to the masses (idiom) / to publicize widely / to let the world know
力排众议 力排眾議 lì pái zhòng yì to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom) syn
一手遮天 yī shǒu zhē tiān lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses syn
民运 民運 mín yùn civil transport / movement aimed at the masses / democracy movement (abbr.)
蜂起 fēng qǐ to swarm / to rise in masses syn
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
露怯 lòu qiè to display one's ignorance / to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder
chī ignorant / worm 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
愚顽 愚頑 yú wán ignorant and stubborn syn
妄人 wàng rén presumptuous and ignorant person syn
tóng ignorant
kōng ignorant / blank-minded
孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn
下情 xià qíng feelings of the masses / my situation (humble speech) syn
nài ignorant / sun hat
群起而攻之 qún qǐ ér gōng zhī the masses rise to attack it (idiom) / Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
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
蒙昧无知 蒙昧無知 méng mèi wú zhī benighted (idiom) / ignorant
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
童蒙 tóng méng young and ignorant / ignorant and uneducated syn
zhēng multitudinous / the masses / to present (to sb) / to rise / to advance / to progress / archaic variant of 蒸[zheng1]
左道惑众 左道惑眾 zuǒ dào huò zhòng to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
普罗大眾 pǔ luó dà zhòng proletariat / abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses / also written 無產階級|无产阶级[wu2 chan3 jie
普通民众 普通民眾 pǔ tōng mín zhòng ordinary people / the masses
烝民 zhēng mín people / the masses
烝黎 zhēng lí people / the masses
蜂聚 fēng jù to swarm / to congregate in masses
黎庶 lí shù populace / masses / the people
深得民心 shēn dé mín xīn to win the hearts of the people / to be popular among the masses syn
协助青年和群众协会 協助青年和群眾協會 Society for the Promotion of Youth and Masses
民众时代人权绿皮书 民眾時代人權綠皮書 The Great Green Document on Human Rights in the Age of the Masses
普罗大众 普羅大眾 pǔ luó dà zhòng proletariat / abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses / also written 無產階級|无产阶级[wu2 chan3 jie1 ji2] in PRC Marxist theory
短衣帮 短衣幫 duǎn yī bāng lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers
服众 服眾 fú zhòng to convince the masses
众目昭彰 眾目昭彰 zhòng mù zhāo zhāng lit. the masses are sharp-eyed (idiom) / fig. one is subjected to the scrutiny of the general public
众怒难犯 眾怒難犯 zhòng nù nán fàn (idiom) one cannot afford to incur public wrath / it is dangerous to incur the anger of the masses
高高在上 gāo gāo - zài shàng (idiom) situated high / aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote / situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
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
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
愚懦 yú nuò ignorant and timid syn
愚蒙 愚矇 yú méng ignorant / stupid syn
愚陋 yú lòu ignorant and backward 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!
聋聩 聾聵 lóng kuì deaf / fig. stupid and ignorant
蒙求 méng qiú (traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian
愚弱 yú ruò ignorant and feeble
科盲 kē máng person who is ignorant about science and technology / scientific illiteracy 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)
怐愗 kòu mào (literary) stupid / ignorant
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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