一无所知 (一無所知)
yī wú suǒ zhī
Pinyin

Definition

一无所知 (一無所知)
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yī wú suǒ zhī
  1. not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
  2. without an inkling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

听起来好复杂，我从来都没参加过这类活动，对各类宗教文化也一无所知，仅仅知道佛教，伊斯兰教和基督教这几个著名的宗教，更多的我也讲不出来了。
tīng qǐlai hǎo fùzá ，wǒ cónglái dōu méi cānjiā guo zhèlèi huódòng ，duì gèlèi zōngjiào wénhuà yě yīwúsuǒzhī ，jǐnjǐn zhīdao Fójiào ，Yīsīlánjiào hé Jīdūjiào zhè jǐge zhùmíng zōngjiào ，gèngduōde wǒ yě jiǎng bùchūlái le 。
It sounds pretty complicated. I’ve never attended those kind of activities, and don’t know a thing about religious culture. I barely know anything about it, even the more famous religions like Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Other than those, I really don’t know anything about any religions.
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