can 't tell high from low(bù zhī gāo dī)

can 't tell high from low

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù zh ī g ā OD ī, which means that you don't know the depth of speaking or doing things.

Entry

can 't tell high from low

Pinyin

bùzhīgāodī

Citation explanation

1. No matter good or bad. It is also used to describe jumping or madness due to nervousness or excitement. (1) the third and fifth chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in the Ming Dynasty: "after reading Song Jiang, he cried bitterly and didn't know how high or low he was. He beat his chest up." (2) the forty second chapter of Shi Naian's Water Margin in Ming Dynasty Song Gongming meets nine days Xuannv and returns three volumes of Tianshu to Daocun village. The wind sweeps thin clouds and reveals the bright moon. Song Jiang just recognizes it carefully, cries bitterly and doesn't know how high or low it is. (3) in Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan: LV Dongbin's flying sword cuts the Yellow Dragon: "Dongbin sees it, his voice is good, and he doesn't know how high or low it is." It means that you don't know what to say or do. (1) Chapter 15 of a journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "you old man, you don't know what to say. We are Buddhist monks, and we steal horses! " Chapter 67 of journey to the West: "you are I don't know how high or low I am. I have a sharp mouth and dare to bump into my old man! " Chapter 38 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: Jia Mu said with a smile: "I like him like this. Besides, he's not the kid who doesn't know what to do. " The fourteenth chapter of the story of heroes and Heroines: "in case he says two words that he doesn't know what to say, the slave can't hold on." I don't know the truth. In "ancient and modern novels: brother Jiang Xingge meets pearl shirt again": "(Dalao) says:" qianniang has accepted this hundred taels of silver before she dares to say. " The old lady doesn't know where to go. She's willing to accept it Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty (Volume 23): Nanan's mother is a woman's family, and she doesn't know how to do it, so she tells Legong about it.

Discrimination of words

Phonetic code: bzgd synonyms: unknown, newborn calf Antonyms: self-knowledge, self-knowledge allegorical sayings: pick up the moon on the ladder lantern riddle: blind man on the mountain

usage

I don't know what to say or what to do

Chinese PinYin : bù zhī gāo dī