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一窍不通

yīqiàobùtōng

lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)

02

I don't understand a word (idiom)

03

it's all Greek to me

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 一窍不通 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 一窍不通 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我对此一窍不通。wǒ duì cǐ yī qiào bù tōng。

It's all Greek to me.

萨米对管理一窍不通。sà mǐ duì guǎn lǐ yī qiào bù tōng。

Sami doesn't know anything about management.

在处理资料上，他很有天赋。但编写代码的话，只能说一窍不通。zài chǔ lǐ zī liào shàng， tā hěn yǒu tiān fù。 dàn biān xiě dài mǎ de huà， zhǐ néng shuō yī qiào bù tōng。

With data, he's a genius. But with code -- complete numbskull.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 一窍不通.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 一窍不通.

Directly before

  • 对此一窍不通1
  • 却是一窍不通1
  • 说一窍不通1
  • 却一窍不通1
  • 管理一窍不通1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 一窍不通

What does 一窍不通 mean in Chinese?

一窍不通 (yīqiàobùtōng) means lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head).

How do you pronounce 一窍不通?

一窍不通 is pronounced yīqiàobùtōng.

Is 一窍不通 an HSK word?

一窍不通 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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