created sense approved 吴下阿蒙/吳下阿蒙 · wúxià'āméng · ignorant person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
吴下阿蒙 / 吳下阿蒙
wúxià'āméng
ignorant person
(idiom) A person of shallow knowledge or lack of learning; often used to describe someone who has remained uneducated despite expectations of progress
吴 (literal) → 吴/吳 · wú · Wu State 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 阿 (bound) → 阿 · ā · [prefix] 蒙 (literal) → 蒙 · méng · ignorant
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created sense approved 吴下阿蒙/吳下阿蒙 · wúxià'āméng · model of self-improvement — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
吴下阿蒙 / 吳下阿蒙
wúxià'āméng
model of self-improvement
(idiom) A person who rises from an unlettered background to become a scholar through diligent study, referring to the transformation of General [[吕蒙|呂蒙|lu:3 meng2]] of the state of Wu
吴 (literal) → 吴/吳 · wú · Wu State 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 阿 (bound) → 阿 · ā · [prefix] 蒙 (literal) → 蒙 · méng · Meng
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