不识时变 — Chinese idiom
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
Traditional: 不識時變
Meaning
- to show no understanding of the times ; cannot adapt to current circumstances
- not amenable to reason
Character by character
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 识shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
- 时shítime, season; period, era, age
- 变biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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