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不知轻重

bù zhī qīng zhòngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3244360343af9678. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

不知輕重 不知轻重 [bu4 zhi1 qing1 zhong4] /lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things/naive/doesn't know who's who/no sense of priorities/

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Other forms in these source records: 不知輕重

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 知
    zhī

    to know / to be aware

  • 轻
    qīng

    light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

  • 重
    chóng

    to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

    zhòng

    heavy / serious / to attach importance to

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