一知半解
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to know; to be aware | half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一知半解) | 一 | 知 | 半 | 解 | |
| simp. #(一知半解) | 一 | 知 | 半 | 解 | |
Pronunciation
Idiom
一知半解
- to sort of understand; to only halfway understand; to be unsure of the meaning (of a word or phrase)
- 世上最可笑的是那些「知識裡手」，有了道聽塗說的一知半解，便自封為「天下第一」，適足見其不自量而已。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Shìshàng zuì kěxiào de shì nàxiē “zhīshi lǐshǒu”, yǒu le dàotīngtúshuō de yīzhībànjiě, biàn zìfēng wéi “tiānxiàdìyī”, shì zújiàn qí bùzìliàng éryǐ. [Pinyin]
- The most ridiculous person in the world is the “know all” who picks up a smattering of hearsay knowledge and proclaims themselves “the world's Number One authority”; this merely shows that they have not taken a proper measure of themselves.
世上最可笑的是那些“知识里手”，有了道听涂说的一知半解，便自封为“天下第一”，适足见其不自量而已。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- 似懂非懂 (sìdǒngfēidǒng)
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