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impudent; show no respect for one's elders; be impolite to one's elders; make no difference between the senior and the junior; fail to treat elders properly

méi dà méi xiǎo

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slimpudent; show no respect for one's elders; be impolite to one's elders; make no difference between the senior and the junior; fail to treat elders properly
- zhè hái zi zhēn méi dà méi xiǎo zài yé ye miàn qián yě zhè me shuō huà
  这孩子真没大没小，在爷爷面前也这么说话！
  The child really has no manners. He should talk like that in front of his grandpa!
- tā zhēn shi méi dà méi xiǎo zěn néng nà yàng duì fù qīn shuō huà ne
  他真是没大没小，怎能那样对父亲说话呢？
  He has no manners. How could he speak to his father like that?
- xiàn zài de hái zi zhēn shi méi dà méi xiǎo
  现在的孩子真是没大没小。
  Kids are so disrespectful nowadays.
synonym
mù wú zūn zhǎng目无尊长 méi shàng méi xià没上没下
antonym
zhǎng yòu yǒu xù长幼有序

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