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Chinese
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to ask
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three
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一
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不知
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一
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问
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不知
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| Literally: “to reply ‘don't know’ whatever the question”.
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Etymology
From Zuo Zhuan:
君子之謀也，始衷終皆舉之而後入焉。今我是三不知而入之，不亦難乎？
君子之谋也，始衷终皆举之而后入焉。今我是三不知而入之，不亦难乎？ - From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Jūnzǐ zhī móu yě, shǐ zhōng zhōng jiē jǔ zhī ér hòu rù yān. Jīn wǒ shì sān bùzhī ér rù zhī, bù yì nán hū?
- A superior man, in forming his plans, considers everything ― the beginning, the middle and the end ― and then he enters on his course. But now I took mine, without knowing any one of these three; is it not hard?
Pronunciation
Idiom
一問三不知
- to answer “no idea” to every question; to have absolutely no idea of what is going on, or pretend to be unaware; completely ignorant