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孤陋寡闻

gū lòu guǎ wén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 孤陋寡聞

孤陋寡闻 (gū lòu guǎ wén) means "ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 孤陋寡闻 means

1. ignorant and inexperienced
2. ill-informed and narrow-minded

The characters in 孤陋寡闻

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 陋lòulow; humble; plain
• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 闻wénto hear; news; well-known

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