不知天高地厚

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	as high as the heavens and as deep as the earth; profound; deep
trad. (不知天高地厚)		不知	天高地厚
simp. ^#(不知天高地厚)		不知	天高地厚
Literally: “to not know the height of the heavens nor the depths of the earth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih tiangaodìhòu
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ tʻien¹-kao¹-ti⁴-hou⁴
  - Yale: bù-jr̄ tyān-gāu-dì-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy tiangaudihhow
  - Palladius: бучжи тяньгаодихоу (bučži tjanʹgaodixou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵
  - Yale: bāt jī tīn gōu deih háuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ tin¹ gou¹ déi⁶ heo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ tei̯²² hɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

不知天高地厚

to have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities; to think one knows everything; to be ignorant

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