知其一不達其二
zhī​qí​yī​bù​dá​qí'èr

to know only one aspect

  • created sense approved 知其一不达其二/知其一不達其二 · zhī​qí​yī​bù​dá​qí'èr · to know only one aspect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    知其一不达其二 / 知其一不達其二

    zhī​qí​yī​bù​dá​qí'èr

    to know only one aspect

    to have an incomplete or superficial understanding of a matter; to know part of something without understanding the whole

    知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 其一 (literal) → 其一 · qí​yī · the first; one of them 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 达 (literal) → 达/達 · dá · to understand 其二 (literal) → 其二 · qí'èr · secondly

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

    created sense