一问三不知 (一問三不知)
yī wèn sān bù zhī
Pinyin

Definition

一问三不知 (一問三不知)
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yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. complete ignorance

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)
三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no

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

就是，现在这种人可多了。对于爵士一问三不知，还装得多么有知识似的。
jiùshì ，xiànzài zhè zhǒng rén kě duō le 。duìyú juéshì yīwènsānbùzhī ，hái zhuāng de duōme yǒu zhīshi shìde 。
That's for sure. There are so many people like that nowadays. They don't have the foggiest idea about jazz, but they act like they know all about it.
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