不辨菽麥 bù biàn shū mài

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters

CHARACTERS

不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
辨 biàn
HSK 6
distinguish, discriminate
菽 shū beans and peas, collectively
麥 mài wheat, barley, oats; KangXi radical number 199