"一問三不知" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "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？",
        "2": "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?",
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      "expansion": "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？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]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？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nJūnzǐ 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? [Pinyin]\nA 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?",
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  "etymology_text": "From Zuo Zhuan:\n:\n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？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]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？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nJūnzǐ 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? [Pinyin]\nA 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?",
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        "to answer “no idea” to every question; to have absolutely no idea of what is going on, or pretend to be unaware; completely ignorant"
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      "zh-pron": "yī wèn sān bùzhī"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄨㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ man⁶ saam¹ bat¹ zi¹"
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
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      "zh-pron": "yī wèn sān bùzhī [Phonetic:yí wèn sān bùzhī]"
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      "zh-pron": "yi wùn san bùjhih"
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "i¹ wên⁴ san¹ pu⁴-chih¹"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "yī wèn sān bù-jr̄"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "i wenn san bujy"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "и вэнь сань бучжи"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "i vɛnʹ sanʹ bučži"
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      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "yāt mahn sāam bāt jī"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ man⁶ saam¹ bat⁷ dzi¹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ men⁶ sam¹ bed¹ ji¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɐn²² saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɐn²² saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "一問三不知"
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        "2": "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?",
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        "to answer “no idea” to every question; to have absolutely no idea of what is going on, or pretend to be unaware; completely ignorant"
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      "zh-pron": "yi wùn san bùjhih"
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      "zh-pron": "i¹ wên⁴ san¹ pu⁴-chih¹"
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      "zh-pron": "i wenn san bujy"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "и вэнь сань бучжи"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "i vɛnʹ sanʹ bučži"
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      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "yāt mahn sāam bāt jī"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ man⁶ saam¹ bat⁷ dzi¹"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "yed¹ men⁶ sam¹ bed¹ ji¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɐn²² saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɐn²² saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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