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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 目不识丁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
目不识丁 mù bù shí dīng - lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

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
- - - 87,111 83,847

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
shí- to know
- knowledge
- Taiwan pr. [shi4]
zhì- to record
- to write a footnote
dīng- surname Ding
dīng- male adult
- the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1]
- fourth (used like "4" or "D")
- small cube of meat or vegetable
- (literary) to encounter
- (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
- (chemistry) butyl
zhēng- used in 丁丁[zheng1zheng1]

Other Words Containing 目不识丁

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