not to know good from bad

not to know good from bad

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù zh ī h ǎ OD ǎ I, meaning don't know good or bad, more refers to can't understand other people's good intentions. It comes from Jin Feng Chai by Zheng Tingyu of Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

I don't know whether it's right or wrong. It means not being able to understand the good intentions of others. It also means not knowing the importance of things.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: know well, know well, know evil

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of Zheng Tingyu's jinfengchai in Yuan Dynasty: "those who are children don't know what's good or bad, while those who are mothers don't know what's bad."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate or attribute