- to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
- not amenable to reason
Characters
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 识 (識): to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- 时 (旹): old variant of 時|时[shi2]
- 务 (務): affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
Resources
- Wiktionary: 不识时务
- MDBG: 不识时务
- Examples with 不识时务 on Tatoeba
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