yú​bù​kě​jí

hopelessly stupid

  • created reference approved 愚不可及 → 论语/論語 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    愚不可及 yú​bù​kě​jí

    论语 / 論語 lún​yǔ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 愚不可及 · yú​bù​kě​jí · hopelessly stupid — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    愚不可及

    yú​bù​kě​jí

    hopelessly stupid

    (idiom) impossibly stupid; the height of folly; extremely foolish

    愚 (literal) → 愚 · yú · foolish 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 及 (literal) → 及 · jí · to match

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 愚不可及 · yú​bù​kě​jí · inimitably simple — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    愚不可及

    yú​bù​kě​jí

    inimitably simple

    (idiom, archaic) describing a person who feigns ignorance or plays the fool to stay out of trouble during chaotic times, a level of self-restraint and wisdom that others cannot match

    愚 (literal) → 愚 · yú · foolish 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 及 (literal) → 及 · jí · to match

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

    created sense