少 见 多 怪

shǎo jiàn duō guàidictionary entry

(lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom) / (fig.) to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly

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少見多怪 少见多怪 [shao3 jian4 duo1 guai4] /(lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom)/(fig.) to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly/

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少见多怪

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