素不相识 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to be total strangers

Character by character

• 素sùplain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 识shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know

Idioms sharing a character

• 尸位素餐 shī wèi sù cān
• 我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù
• 素不相能 sù bù xiāng néng
• 素昧平生 sù mèi píng shēng
• 素未谋面 sù wèi móu miàn
• 素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān
• 艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù
• 轻饶素放 qīng ráo sù fàng
• 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
• 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn

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