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不知好歹

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4-character word

What 不知好歹 means

1. unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
2. not to know what's good for one
3. unable to recognize others' good intentions

The characters in 不知好歹

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 歹dǎibad; wicked; evil

Example sentences

• 这个小孩不知好歹。
  Zhège xiǎohái bùzhīhǎodǎi.
  This child don't know what's coming for him.