"teaching the ignorant" Chinese-English Dictionary

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蒙求 méng qiú (traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
童蒙 tóng méng young and ignorant / ignorant and uneducated syn
英语教学 英語教學 yīng yǔ jiāo xué English Language Teaching (ELT) / studying and teaching English
教龄 教齡 jiào líng years of teaching experience / teaching experience
经合组织教学国际调查 經合組織教學國際調查 OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey / Teaching and Learning International Survey
教学国际调查 教學國際調查 OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey / Teaching and Learning International Survey
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
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
愚民 yú mín ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
愚昧无知 愚昧無知 yú mèi wú zhī stupid and ignorant (idiom) syn
蒙昧 méng mèi uncultured / uncivilized / God-forsaken / ignorant / illiterate 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
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
愚顽 愚頑 yú wán ignorant and stubborn syn
àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn
妄人 wàng rén presumptuous and ignorant person 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
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
孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn
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
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
教学 教學 jiào xué teaching / instruction / CL:次[ci4] syn
教材 jiào cái teaching material / CL:本[ben3] syn
教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn
法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct / to teach / guidance / teaching syn
教职工 教職工 jiào zhí gōng teaching and administrative staff syn
教研室 jiào yán shì teaching and research office syn
任教 rèn jiào to hold a teaching position syn
讲义 講義 jiǎng yì teaching materials syn
教法 jiào fǎ teaching method / teachings / doctrine
助教 zhù jiào teaching assistant
教学法 教學法 jiào xué fǎ teaching method / pedagogy
教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff
达摩 達摩 dá mó Dharma, the teaching of Buddha / Bodhidharma
教具 jiào jù teaching aids / educational materials
施教 shī jiào teaching syn
古训 古訓 gǔ xùn old adage / ancient teaching syn
见教 見教 jiàn jiào I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble) syn
醍醐灌顶 醍醐灌頂 tí hú guàn dǐng lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom) / fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching syn
jiào religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell syn
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
孔道 kǒng dào opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius syn
填鸭式 填鴨式 tián yā shì force feeding (as a teaching method)
转法轮 轉法輪 zhuǎn fǎ lún to transmit Buddhist teaching / chakram or chakka (throwing disk)
满堂灌 滿堂灌 mǎn táng guàn cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning
兼课 兼課 jiān kè to teach classes in addition to other duties / to hold several teaching jobs
孔教 kǒng jiào Teaching of Confucius / Confucianism
孔孟之道 kǒng mèng zhī dào the teaching of Confucius and Mencius
尊师贵道 尊師貴道 zūn shī guì dào to revere the master and his teaching
慈悲为本 慈悲為本 cí bēi wéi běn mercy as the guiding principle (idiom) / the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
三宝 三寶 sān bǎo the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
传习 傳習 chuán xí teaching and learning / to study and impart syn
应试教育 應試教育 yìng shì jiào yù exam-oriented education / teaching to the test
故训 故訓 gù xùn old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
教职员工 教職員工 jiào zhí yuán gōng teaching and administrative staff
会士 會士 huì shì member of religious order / penitent / frater / translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate)
会士考试 會士考試 huì shì kǎo shì agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities)
法轮常转 法輪常轉 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
精讲多练 精講多練 jīng jiǎng duō liàn a teaching strategy combining a concise explanation of essential concepts with frequent practice
旧学 舊學 jiù xué old learning / Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West syn
言教不如身教 yán jiào bù rú shēn jiào Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.
身教胜于言教 身教勝於言教 shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom) / action speaks louder than words syn
高分低能 gāo fēn dī néng high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test) syn
教学医院 教學醫院 jiào xué yī yuàn teaching hospital / training hospital
助教研究生 research teaching fellow
人权教学奖 Prize for the Teaching of Human Rights
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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