







悔读南华 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so learned or profound in thought that one is not accepted or understood by ordinary people; to regret one's deep scholarship when it leads to isolation or misunderstanding”. Literally, “Regret reading Nanhua”.

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Open the tool →悔读南华 (huǐ dú nán huá) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so learned or profound in thought that one is not accepted or understood by ordinary people; to regret one's deep scholarship when it leads to isolation or misunderstanding”.
悔读南华 is pronounced huǐ dú nán huá in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 悔读南华 means “Regret reading Nanhua”. It is used to mean “to be so learned or profound in thought that one is not accepted or understood by ordinary people; to regret one's deep scholarship when it leads to isolation or misunderstanding”.
《南华经》即《庄子》。比喻学识渊博而不为人所容。