created sense approved 一问三不知/一問三不知 · yīwènsānbùzhī · to know nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
一问三不知 / 一問三不知
yīwènsānbùzhī
to know nothing
to have absolutely no idea what is going on; to be completely ignorant of the facts or the situation
yíwènsānbùzhī
一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [as soon as] 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 一问三不知/一問三不知 · yīwènsānbùzhī · to play dumb — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
一问三不知 / 一問三不知
yīwènsānbùzhī
to play dumb
to pretend to know nothing when questioned, often to avoid trouble or protect someone; to keep one's mouth tightly shut
yíwènsānbùzhī
一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [as soon as] 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition