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Definition(s) for: 不学无术

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不学无术 bù xué wú shù - without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 56,638 39,078

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
xué- to learn
- to study
- to imitate
- science
- -ology
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
shù- method
- technique
zhú- various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

Other Words Containing 不学无术

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo