yī​wèn​sān​bù​zhī

to know nothing

  • created sense approved 一问三不知/一問三不知 · yī​wèn​sān​bù​zhī · to know nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一问三不知 / 一問三不知

    yī​wèn​sān​bù​zhī

    to know nothing

    to have absolutely no idea what is going on; to be completely ignorant of the facts or the situation

    yí​wèn​sān​bù​zhī

    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

  • created sense approved 一问三不知/一問三不知 · yī​wèn​sān​bù​zhī · to play dumb — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一问三不知 / 一問三不知

    yī​wèn​sān​bù​zhī

    to play dumb

    to pretend to know nothing when questioned, often to avoid trouble or protect someone; to keep one's mouth tightly shut

    yí​wèn​sān​bù​zhī

    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