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无师自通

wú shī zì tōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. self-taught
  2. 2. to learn without a teacher (idiom)

Child Words of 无师自通

自
zì

self

师
shī

teacher

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

无
wú

not to have