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Here, we present the idiom 「目不識丁」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

He doesn’t even recognize the most common character “丁”. Used to describe that one does not recognize a single word.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mù bù shí dīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

muk6 bat1 sik1 ding1

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