bù xué wú shùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
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Original source entry:

不學無術 不学无术 [bu4 xue2 wu2 shu4] /without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent/

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