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一无所知

yī wú suǒ zhī · yi wu suo zhi

Traditional 一無所知

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
  2. without an inkling
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Know nothing about the exam

  1. Liangliang

    明天(míngtiān)考试(kǎoshì)，你(nǐ)复习了(fùxíle)吗(ma)？

    The exam is tomorrow. Did you review?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)对(duì)这门(zhèmén)课(kè)一无所知(yīwúsuǒzhī)。

    I know nothing about this course.

  3. Liangliang

    一无所知(yīwúsuǒzhī)？你(nǐ)上课(shàngkè)都(dōu)在(zài)干什么(gànshénme)？

    Nothing at all? What do you do in class?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)画画(huàhuà)。你(nǐ)看(kàn)，这(zhè)是(shì)老师(lǎoshī)。

    I'm drawing. Look, this is the teacher.

  5. Liangliang

    画得(huàde)真(zhēn)像(xiàng)！可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)对(duì)考试(kǎoshì)一无所知(yīwúsuǒzhī)。

    It looks just like him! But you know nothing about the exam.

  6. Dengdeng

    不过(bùguò)我(wǒ)对(duì)老师(lǎoshī)的(de)脸(liǎn)可(kě)不是(bùshì)一无所知(yīwúsuǒzhī)！

    But I definitely do not know nothing about the teacher's face!

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)对(duì)这(zhè)个(ge)计(jì)划(huà)一(yì)无(wú)所(suǒ)知(zhī)。

I know nothing about this project.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sherryyyf · English by sunnywqing · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)几(jī)乎(hū)对(duì)那(nà)个(ge)动(dòng)物(wù)一(yì)无(wú)所(suǒ)知(zhī)。

He knows almost nothing about that animal.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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