文盲 (wénmáng) — illiterate person; illiterate

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在数字化时代，完全不会使用基本设备的人也可能被称为新型文盲。 Zài shùzìhuà shídài, wánquán bú huì shǐyòng jīběn shèbèi de rén yě kěnéng bèi chēngwéi xīnxíng wénmáng. In the digital age, people who cannot use basic devices at all may also be called a new kind of illiterate.
爷爷小时候家里穷，没上过学，一直是个文盲。 Yéye xiǎoshíhou jiāli qióng, méi shàngguo xué, yīzhí shì ge wénmáng. Grandpa's family was poor when he was little; he never went to school and remained illiterate all his life.
他不甘心当文盲，六十岁开始跟孙女学认字。 Tā bù gānxīn dāng wénmáng, liùshí suì kāishǐ gēn sūnnǚ xué rènzì. Unwilling to stay illiterate, he began learning to read with his granddaughter at sixty.