Chinese Word: 目不识丁 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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

1		jiù 旧 zhōng guó 中国 hěn duō rén 很多人 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁。 In the old China there were many people who were completely illiterate.
2		“ wǒ 我 zhí dào 直到 shí yī 十一 suì 岁 dōu 都 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁， ” tā 她 gào su 告诉 wǒ 我。 "I was illiterate until I was eleven, " she told me.
3		tā men 他们 dāng zhōng 当中 chú le 除了 nà ge 那个 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁 de 的 zhí shì 执事， méi yǒu 没有 yī gè 一个 xiāng shēn 乡绅。 There is not among them an esquire, saving the unlettered magistrate.
4		huàn jù huà shuō 换句话说， xiàng 像 fāng 方 xiān sheng 先生 zhè yàng 这样 cōng ming 聪明， shì 是 xǐ huan 喜欢 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁 de 的 bèn nǚ rén 笨女人。 In other words, someone as intelligent as Mr. Fang would prefer a stupid, illiterate woman .
5		1000年 qián 前 de 的 shì jiè 世界 yī piàn 一片 qī cǎn 凄惨， chōng chì 充斥 zhe 着 wū huì 污秽、 zhàn luàn 战乱 yǔ 与 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁 de 的 dà zhòng 大众。 The world of 1, 000 years ago was a miserable place: dirty, war-scorched and mostly illiterate.

1		jiù 旧 zhōng guó 中国 hěn duō rén 很多人 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁。 In the old China there were many people who were completely illiterate.
2		“ wǒ 我 zhí dào 直到 shí yī 十一 suì 岁 dōu 都 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁， ” tā 她 gào su 告诉 wǒ 我。 "I was illiterate until I was eleven, " she told me.
3		tā men 他们 dāng zhōng 当中 chú le 除了 nà ge 那个 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁 de 的 zhí shì 执事， méi yǒu 没有 yī gè 一个 xiāng shēn 乡绅。 There is not among them an esquire, saving the unlettered magistrate.
4		huàn jù huà shuō 换句话说， xiàng 像 fāng 方 xiān sheng 先生 zhè yàng 这样 cōng ming 聪明， shì 是 xǐ huan 喜欢 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁 de 的 bèn nǚ rén 笨女人。 In other words, someone as intelligent as Mr. Fang would prefer a stupid, illiterate woman .
5		1000年 qián 前 de 的 shì jiè 世界 yī piàn 一片 qī cǎn 凄惨， chōng chì 充斥 zhe 着 wū huì 污秽、 zhàn luàn 战乱 yǔ 与 mù bù shí dīng 目不识丁 de 的 dà zhòng 大众。 The world of 1, 000 years ago was a miserable place: dirty, war-scorched and mostly illiterate.