不辨菽麦
bù​biàn​shū​mài

ignorant of practical matters

  • created sense approved 不辨菽麦/不辨菽麥 · bù​biàn​shū​mài · ignorant of practical matters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不辨菽麦 / 不辨菽麥

    bù​biàn​shū​mài

    ignorant of practical matters

    (idiom) literally "unable to tell beans from wheat"; describes someone who lacks basic common sense or is completely out of touch with reality

    bú​biàn​shú​mài

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 辨 (literal) → 辨 · biàn · to distinguish 菽麦 (literal) → 菽麦/菽麥 · shū​mài · beans and grains

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense