have no appreciation of a thing 's importance(bù shí gāo dī)

have no appreciation of a thing 's importance

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù sh í g ā OD ī, which means to speak or do things without knowing the depth or importance. It comes from journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The forty first chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "you little beast, you don't know high or low! Look at the stick. "

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate and attributive with derogatory meaning. Chapter 66 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "don't you know that my sun family is a minister of the eight generations, who dares to offend me, who is totally ignorant of the high and the low, and who is inferior to animals?" "Who knows that people have a shallow eye and don't know how high or low they are. Hearing that the young master of a foreign land is in such a shape, he must be a dissolute person. He has a beautiful heart. Who can believe him? Who can invite him? " Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty "warning of the world: how can you slander Xianggong when he is in white dragon and fish suit and has a hidden name?

Chinese PinYin : bù shí gāo dī