bù​xué​wú​shù

ignorant and incompetent

  1. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  2. xué nounverb
    learning
    (bound form) knowledge; scholarship; academic learning
  3. to lack skill
    (bound form) to lack skill, knowledge, or learning; often used in the phrase 不学无术 bù​xué​wú​shù