少见多怪

Traditional: 少見多怪

shǎo jiàn duō guài

Dictionary entry

(lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom)

What does 少见多怪 mean?

少见多怪 (shǎo jiàn duō guài) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom)

2(fig.) to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly

Character breakdown

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少shǎofew · less 见jiànto see · to meet 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of · too many; in excess 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny · (bound form) monster; supernatural being

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少见多怪

shǎo jiàn duō guài

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