







不识大体 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to fail to understand the overall situation or the importance of general principles; to lack a sense of propriety in the broader context”. Literally, “not recognize the general situation”.

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Open the tool →不识大体 (bù shí dà tǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to fail to understand the overall situation or the importance of general principles; to lack a sense of propriety in the broader context”.
不识大体 is pronounced bù shí dà tǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 不识大体 means “not recognize the general situation”. It is used to mean “to fail to understand the overall situation or the importance of general principles; to lack a sense of propriety in the broader context”.
大体:关系全局的道理。不懂得从大局考虑。