目不识丁

Traditional: 目不識丁

mù bù shí dīng

Dictionary entry

lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

What does 目不识丁 mean?

目不识丁 (mù bù shí dīng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

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目mùeye · (literary) to look; to regard 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-识shíto know · knowledge 丁Dīngsurname Ding

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目不识丁

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