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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不识时务

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不识时务 bù shí shí wù - to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
- not amenable to reason

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
- - 64,733 78,984 66,205

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
shí- to know
- knowledge
- Taiwan pr. [shi4]
zhì- to record
- to write a footnote
shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
shí- surname Shi
shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
- affair
- business
- matter
- to be engaged in
- to attend to
- by all means

Other Words Containing 不识时务

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
不识时务 - - 64,733 78,984 66,205