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Meaning of 不懂人情


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I always had it down as more ungrateful/unappreciative as in not knowing enough to repay a favour in the context of expected reciprocity, which can be cold but might be selfish or thoughtless/naive too. Think you can also hear it in contexts where it's more like "you don't know the ways of the world!" when it's a comment on someone's handling of a particular situation rather than their personality or behaviour as a whole.

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3 hours ago, Jim said:

I always had it down as more ungrateful/unappreciative as in not knowing enough to repay a favour in the context of expected reciprocity, which can be cold but might be selfish or thoughtless/naive too. Think you can also hear it in contexts where it's more like "you don't know the ways of the world!" when it's a comment on someone's handling of a particular situation rather than their personality or behaviour as a whole.

 

Sounds like 不懂做人

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