不知好歹

不
知
好
歹
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions

Characters and words in 不知好歹

不
bù = bu + Ø4
(negative prefix) / not / no
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不
知
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
知
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
to know / to be aware
知 = 口 + 矢 : Mnemonic symbol: Francis Bacon is attributed to have stated "scientia potentia est", "knowledge is power". I'll thus represent 知 by Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon (知) and James II of England (zh) are playing darts (矢) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because they lack a dart board they just use a mandarin (口).
好
hǎo = h + ao3
good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
好 = 女 + 子 : Hamlet visits the wishing well in the aorta and wishes for a good child. A picosecond later, an egg appears, cracks open and Bessie Coleman jumps out.
好
hào = h + ao4
to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to
好
hǎo = h + ao3
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
好
hào = h + ao4
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
好
歹
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
歹
dǎi = d + ai3
bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78
歹 = 一 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a wicked witch.

Don Quixote (d) is hypnotized by a wicked witch (歹) playing her flute (一) in the airplane (ai3). She's playing her magic flute in order to sedate Don Quixote, so that her bats (夕) can drink his blood.

Words with 不知好歹

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Sentences with 不知好歹

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