"知其一不知其二" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jiː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jiː²²/ Chinese transliterations: zhī qí yī bùzhī qí èr [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄦˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zi¹ kei⁴ jat¹ bat¹ zi¹ kei⁴ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhī qí yī bùzhī qí èr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jhih cí yi bùjhih cí èr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chih¹ chʻi² i¹ pu⁴-chih¹ chʻi² êrh⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jr̄ chí yī bù-jr̄ chí èr [Mandarin, Yale], jy chyi i bujy chyi ell [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжи ци и бучжи ци эр [Mandarin, Palladius], čži ci i bučži ci er [Mandarin, Palladius], jī kèih yāt bāt jī kèih yih [Cantonese, Yale], dzi¹ kei⁴ jat⁷ bat⁷ dzi¹ kei⁴ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ji¹ kéi⁴ yed¹ bed¹ ji¹ kéi⁴ yi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 只知其一,不知其二, 但知其一,不知其二, 見其一未見其二, 知其一未知其二, 知其一不達其二, 知其一未睹其二
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 知其一不知其二
  1. to know or understand only one aspect of a thing and be ignorant of the other; to know or understand something unilaterally or one-sidedly Tags: idiomatic
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "只知其一,不知其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "但知其一,不知其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "見其一未見其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "知其一未知其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "知其一不達其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "知其一未睹其二"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "zh",
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 一 not undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know or understand only one aspect of a thing and be ignorant of the other; to know or understand something unilaterally or one-sidedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-知其一不知其二-zh-phrase-h0TYjKgv",
      "links": [
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ],
        [
          "unilateral",
          "unilateral"
        ],
        [
          "one-sided",
          "one-sided"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhī qí yī bùzhī qí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄦˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ jat¹ bat¹ zi¹ kei⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhī qí yī bùzhī qí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhih cí yi bùjhih cí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹ chʻi² i¹ pu⁴-chih¹ chʻi² êrh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄ chí yī bù-jr̄ chí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy chyi i bujy chyi ell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжи ци и бучжи ци эр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čži ci i bučži ci er"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī kèih yāt bāt jī kèih yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ kei⁴ jat⁷ bat⁷ dzi¹ kei⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ kéi⁴ yed¹ bed¹ ji¹ kéi⁴ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jiː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "知其一不知其二"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "只知其一,不知其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "但知其一,不知其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "見其一未見其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "知其一未知其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "知其一不達其二"
    },
    {
      "form": "知其一未睹其二"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "知其一不知其二",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 二",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 其",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 知",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 not undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know or understand only one aspect of a thing and be ignorant of the other; to know or understand something unilaterally or one-sidedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ],
        [
          "unilateral",
          "unilateral"
        ],
        [
          "one-sided",
          "one-sided"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhī qí yī bùzhī qí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄦˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ jat¹ bat¹ zi¹ kei⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhī qí yī bùzhī qí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhih cí yi bùjhih cí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹ chʻi² i¹ pu⁴-chih¹ chʻi² êrh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄ chí yī bù-jr̄ chí èr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy chyi i bujy chyi ell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжи ци и бучжи ци эр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čži ci i bučži ci er"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī kèih yāt bāt jī kèih yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ kei⁴ jat⁷ bat⁷ dzi¹ kei⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ kéi⁴ yed¹ bed¹ ji¹ kéi⁴ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ jiː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "知其一不知其二"
}

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