不知天高地厚

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	as high as the heavens and as deep as the earth; profound; deep
trad. (不知天高地厚)		不知	天高地厚
simp. #(不知天高地厚)		不知	天高地厚
Literally: “to not know the height of the heavens nor the depths of the earth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih tiangaodìhòu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ tʻien¹-kao¹-ti⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄ tyān-gāu-dì-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy tiangaudihhow
    • Palladius: бучжи тяньгаодихоу (bučži tjanʹgaodixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵
    • Yale: bāt jī tīn gōu deih háuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ tin¹ gou¹ déi⁶ heo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ tei̯²² hɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

不知天高地厚

1. to have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities; to think one knows everything; to be ignorant