讳不识字

A man wrote a letter and had it sent to a rich man to borrow an ox.

The rich man was just receiving guests.

He was illiterate1, but he resented very much being considered illiterate. Upon receiving the letter, he opened the envelope, and skimmed through the letter as if he could read. Then he said to the messenger: "All right. I will go in a little while."

有个人写了一封信，派人去向一个富翁借头牛。

富翁正在会客。

富翁不识字，但是他却最忌讳人家说他不识字。他一接到信，就拆开信封，装出识字的样子，默默地看了一遍，然后对来人说：“知道了，等一会儿我就去!”

1 illiterate

adj.文盲的；无知的；n.文盲

参考例句：

There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。

I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。