知其一未睹其二
zhī​qí​yī​wèi​dǔ​qí'èr

partial understanding

  • created sense approved 知其一未睹其二 · zhī​qí​yī​wèi​dǔ​qí'èr · partial understanding — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    知其一未睹其二

    zhī​qí​yī​wèi​dǔ​qí'èr

    partial understanding

    to know only one aspect of something; to see one side of a matter but not the other

    知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 其一 (literal) → 其一 · qí​yī · the first; one of them 未 (literal) → 未 · wèi · not yet 睹 (literal) → 睹 · dǔ · to see 其二 (literal) → 其二 · qí'èr · secondly

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

    created sense