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愚昧

yú mèi

HSK 6 2-character word

What 愚昧 means

1. ignorant; uneducated
2. ignorance

The characters in 愚昧

• 愚yúto be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 昧mèito conceal; dark

Example sentences

• 愚昧始终是危险的。
  Ignorance is always dangerous.
• 世上的罪恶差不多总是由愚昧无知造成的。
  Shìshàng de zuì'è chàbuduō zǒngshì yóu yúmèiwúzhī zàochéng de.
  The world's evil almost always comes from ignorance.
• 智慧高的人听闻「道」，会努力实践；中等智慧的人听闻「道」，会半信半疑；愚昧的人听闻「道」，则会嘲笑它。「道」若不被嘲笑，就称不上真正的道。
  Those of high wisdom, when they hear the "Way", strive to practice it; those of moderate wisdom, when they hear the "Way", are half-believing and half-doubting; the ignorant, when they hear the "Way", mock it. If the "Way" is not mocked, it cannot be called the true "Way".

Words starting with 愚昧

• 愚昧无知yú mèi wú zhīstupid and ignorant (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read yú mèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

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