半懂不懂
bàn​dǒng​bù​dǒng

to half understand

  1. 半 bàn adverbadjective
    partly
    partly; about half; halfway; incomplete or not fully
  2. 懂 dǒng verb
    to understand
    to understand; to comprehend; to know; often used as a result after verbs like 听 tīng or 看 kàn to show that information was successfully processed
  3. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  4. 懂 dǒng verb
    to understand
    to understand; to comprehend; to know; often used as a result after verbs like 听 tīng or 看 kàn to show that information was successfully processed