bù​zhī​suǒ​yǐ

to not know why

  • created sense approved 不知所以 · bù​zhī​suǒ​yǐ · to not know why — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不知所以

    bù​zhī​suǒ​yǐ

    to not know why

    (idiom) to not know the reason why something is the case; to not know the cause of a situation

    不知 (literal) → 不知 · bù​zhī · not to know 所以 (literal) → 所以 · suǒ​yǐ · reason

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 不知所以 · bù​zhī​suǒ​yǐ · to be at a loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不知所以

    bù​zhī​suǒ​yǐ

    to be at a loss

    (idiom) to not know what to do; to be at a loss as to how to react in a situation

    不知 (literal) → 不知 · bù​zhī · not to know 所以 (literal) → 所以 · suǒ​yǐ · reason

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense