不识时变

Traditional: 不識時變

bù shí shí biàn

Dictionary entry

to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances

What does 不识时变 mean?

不识时变 (bù shí shí biàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances

2not amenable to reason

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-识shíto know · knowledge 时shíold variant of 時|时[shi2]变biànto change · to become different

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不识时变

bù shí shí biàn

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