文盲

• ピンイン: wén máng
• 漢字の分解: 文 (writing, literacy); 盲 = 亡 + 目 (blind — death of sight)

意味

文盲；読み書きができない人

China launched major literacy campaigns (扫盲运动) after 1949. Today the term is also used figuratively: 电脑文盲 (computer illiterate), 法律文盲 (legally illiterate). Carries a negative connotation and should be used with sensitivity.

例文

1. 新中国成立初期，农村地区存在大量文盲，政府随即开展了大规模的扫盲运动。
2. 尽管他没有接受过正规教育，但凭借多年自学，早已不再是文盲。
3. 在信息时代，不会使用互联网的人有时被称为网络文盲。

使い方ガイド

場面: education, society, history

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 政府推行九年义务教育的核心目标之一，就是从根本上消除文盲现象。(One of the core goals of the government's nine-year compulsory education policy is to fundamentally eliminate illiteracy.)
• 他自嘲是个音乐文盲，其实只是对乐理知识了解不多而已，并非毫无鉴赏力。(He jokingly called himself musically illiterate — he simply had limited knowledge of music theory, not a complete lack of appreciation.)

避ける言い方

• 她写字写得很文盲 — 文盲 refers to total inability to read or write, not poor handwriting; use 字写得潦草 or 字迹难辨 for messy or illegible writing

起源と歴史

文 (writing, literacy) + 盲 (blind — unable to see or read)

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal