知其一，不知其二
zhī​qí​yī​bù​zhī​qí'èr

to know only one aspect

  • created reference approved 知其一，不知其二 → 知其一不达其二/知其一不達其二 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    知其一，不知其二 zhī​qí​yī​bù​zhī​qí'èr

    知其一不达其二 / 知其一不達其二 zhī​qí​yī​bù​dá​qí'èr

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 知其一，不知其二 → 知其一未睹其二 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    知其一，不知其二 zhī​qí​yī​bù​zhī​qí'èr

    知其一未睹其二 zhī​qí​yī​wèi​dǔ​qí'èr

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 知其一，不知其二 · zhī​qí​yī​bù​zhī​qí'èr · to know only one aspect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    知其一，不知其二

    zhī​qí​yī​bù​zhī​qí'èr

    to know only one aspect

    to have an incomplete or superficial understanding of something; to know only part of the story

    知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 其一 (literal) → 其一 · qí​yī · the first; one of them ， (non_chinese) 不知 (literal) → 不知 · bù​zhī · not to know 其二 (literal) → 其二 · qí'èr · secondly

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

    created sense