粵

孤gu1陋lau6寡gwaa2聞man4

simp孤陋寡闻
gu1 lau6 gwaa2 man4gū lòu guǎ wén

English

  1. ignorant and inexperienced
  2. unknowledgeable; unworldly; unsophisticated; usually as an honorific
  3. ill-informed and narrow-minded

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容自己學識淺薄,見識少;通常用作謙詞

Examples

  • 恕我孤陋寡聞,不如你解釋一下?

    Pardon my ignorance. Would you care to explain?

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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