不清楚
bù qīng chu
Pinyin
Definition
不清楚
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- unclear
- not understood
- currently unknown
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
Sample Sentences
再说,手机屏幕那么小,看不清楚字的时候,我们会眯眼,然后眉间纹也出来了。
And what's more, because the screens of cell phones are so small, you have to squint when you can't make out the characters, so your frown lines will become more pronounced too.
这整件事情我都不清楚。
I don't understand anything that is going on.
哦,这两个叫斯坦的,我老是分不清楚。还有伊朗和伊拉克,我也分不清。
Oh, these two both end in “si tan”. I can never tell them apart. There's also Iran and Iraq. I can't tell them apart either.
啊,对啊,对啊!张老师,我分词也一直搞不清楚。什么时候用“ing”,什么时候用“ed”。
Oh, right, right! Teacher Zhang, I still don't fully understand participles - when you use “ing” and when you use “ed”.
不清楚。
I'm not sure.
嘿,这些我都搞不清楚,谁让我英语语法课都在睡觉呢!你帮我改改吧。
Yeah, I'm not clear at all on this stuff. That's what I get for sleeping through English grammar class. Maybe you should help me change it.