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不
知
好
歹
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Jyutping
bat1 zi1 hou2 daai2
Pinyin
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
not to know what's good for one
unable to recognize others' good intentions
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
cannot tell good from bad; to mistake good for bad; to be unable to see others' good intentions
(syn.) 不識好歹, 不识好歹
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
这个小孩不知好歹。
這個小孩不知好歹。
zhè ge xiǎo hái bù zhī hǎo dǎi 。
This child don't know what's coming for him.