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不
明
事
理
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Jyutping
bat1 ming4 si6 lei5
Pinyin
bù míng shì lǐ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。所以,所有进步都要靠不明事理的人。
明白事理的人使自己適應世界;不明事理的人想使世界適應自己。所以,所有進步都要靠不明事理的人。
míng bai shì lǐ de rén shǐ zì jǐ shì yìng shì jiè ; bù míng shì lǐ de rén xiǎng shǐ shì jiè shì yìng zì jǐ 。 suǒ yǐ , suǒ yǒu jìn bù dōu yào kào bù míng shì lǐ de rén 。
Those who understand adapt to the world; those who don't understand want the world to adapt to them. This is why all human progress depends on people who don't understand.