Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    wèn
    sān
    zhī
    一问三不知
    yī wèn sān bù zhī

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally to reply "don't know" whatever the question
    • fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
    • complete ignorance

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    wèn
    to ask
    sān
    three / 3 / surname San
    not / no / (negative prefix)
    zhī
    to know / to be aware
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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