Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「草木愚夫」, with more below.
Learn about the idiom 「草木愚夫」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
humble term used by farmers in the old days. A person as ignorant as the plants and trees in the mountains. It also refers to a derogatory term for farmers.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cǎo mù yú fū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chou2 muk6 yu4 fu1
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