半通不通
bàn​tōng​bù​tōng

semi-literate

  • created sense approved 半通不通 · bàn​tōng​bù​tōng · semi-literate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    半通不通

    bàn​tōng​bù​tōng

    semi-literate

    To not fully understand something or have only a partial mastery of a subject; often describes writing that is awkward or only half-intelligible.

    半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · partly 通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · coherent 不通 (literal) → 不通 · bù​tōng · to not make sense

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

    created sense