不知天高地厚
bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu
Pinyin

Definition

不知天高地厚
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bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu
  1. not to know the immensity of heaven and earth
  2. an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless