不知好歹 meaning in English
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one
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Meaning of 不知好歹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
bùzhīhǎodǎi
- unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
- not to know what's good for one
- unable to recognize others' good intentions
不知好歹 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这个小孩不知好歹。
This child don't know what's coming for him.
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不 bù · no · 4 strokes
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知 zhī · to know · 8 strokes
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好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes
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歹 dǎi · corpse · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 不知好歹.
| 知道 | zhīdào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 对不起 | duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 是不是 | shì bu shì | is or is not (used to form yes-no questions) |
| 不用 | bùyòng | need not |
| 最好 | zuìhǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 知识 | zhīshi | knowledge; intellectual |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear |
| 爱好 | àihào | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 好玩儿 | hǎowánr | erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] |
Questions about 不知好歹
What does 不知好歹 mean?
不知好歹 (bùzhīhǎodǎi) means "unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one".
How do you write 不知好歹?
不知好歹 is made of 4 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 知 (8 strokes), 好 (6 strokes), 歹 (4 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.