略知一二
lu:è zhī yī èr
Pinyin

Definition

略知一二
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lu:è zhī yī èr
  1. slight knowledge of sth
  2. to know very little about a subject
  3. a smattering

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
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
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]

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

我呢，对历史没有什么研究，不过对第二次世界大战还是略知一二，据我所知法西斯特别不是个东西！
wǒ ne ，duì lìshǐ méiyǒu shénme yánjiū ，bùguò duì dìèrcì shìjiè dàzhàn háishì lüèzhīyīèr ，jùwǒsuǒzhī Fǎxīsī tèbié bùshì gè dōngxi ！
As to me, I'm not that well-versed in history, but I know a thing or two about World War II, and as far as I am aware, fascism wasn't really a specific thing.
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哎，谈不上什么研究，只是略知一二罢了。比如香槟，一定要喝法国产的。而英国的香槟嘛，味道就差了这么一点儿。
āi ，tánbushàng shénme yánjiū ，zhǐshì lüèzhīyīèr bà le 。bǐrú xiāngbīn ，yīdìng yào hē Fǎguó chǎn de 。ér Yīngguó de xiāngbīn ma ，wèidao jiù chà le zhème yīdiǎnr 。
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