yokel; bumpkin; country bumpkin
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yokel; bumpkin; hick; an unsophisticated and somewhat foolish person from the countryside
dialectA dialectal term (mainly Northern), often used teasingly or derogatorily for someone naive, inexperienced, or old-fashioned. Can imply a lack of worldly experience.
Nǐ你
lián连
dì地
tiě铁
dōu都
bú不
huì会
zuò坐
，
zhēn真
shì是
gè个
lǎo老
mào帽
r儿
。
You don't even know how to take the subway? What a country bumpkin.
Tā他
dì第
yī一
cì次
jìn进
chéng城
，
kàn看
shén什
me么
dōu都
xīn新
xiān鲜
，
bèi被
tóng同
shì事
xiào笑
zuò作
lǎo老
mào帽
r儿
。
It was his first time in the city, and he found everything novel, so his colleagues laughed and called him a hick.
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Bié别
chuān穿
nà那
me么
tǔ土
，
ràng让
rén人
jia家
jué觉
de得
nǐ你
shì是
gè个
lǎo老
mào帽
r儿
。
Don't dress so dowdily, or people will think you're a yokel.