不識時務 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 不识时务 bùshíshíwù ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˋ to show no understanding of the times (idiom) cannot adapt to current circumstances not amenable to reason Character by character 不(bù)no 識(shí)know 時(shí)surname Shi 務(wù)affair A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0