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Know one, don’t know the other

Know one, don’t know the other

Pinyin
[zhī qí yī，bù zhī qí èr]

Era
[ancient idiom]

synonyms
[Only know one, don’t know the other]

antonym
[no content yet]

emotional color
[neutral idiom]

usage frequency
[Common idioms]

Basic explanation
Knowing one aspect of a thing, not knowing another. Describe the incomplete understanding of things.

Idiom source
“The Book of Songs Xiaoya Xiaomin”: “Don’t dare to violent tiger, dare not Fenghe, people know one, don’t know the other.”

Instructions
As a predicate, attributive; used in dealing with things, etc.

example
You only know one thing, but you don’t know the other thing. Now the road is so steep, and it’s really difficult for me to carry a heavy burden. (Chapter 47 of Journey to the West by Ming Wu Chengen)

Translation (Russian)
know one thing, but not know another

知其一，不知其二

拼音
[zhī qí yī，bù zhī qí èr]

年代
[古代成语]

近义词
[只知其一，不知其二]

反义词
[暂无内容]

感情色彩
[中性成语]

使用频率
[常用成语]

基本解释
知道事物的一方面，不知道还有另一方面。形容对事物的了解不全面。

成语出处
《诗经·小雅·小旻》：“不敢暴虎，不敢冯河，人知其一，莫知其它。”

使用方法
作谓语、定语；用于处事等

例子
你只知其一，不知其二，如今路多险峻，我挑着重担，着实难走。（明 吴承恩《西游记》第四十七回）

翻译（俄语）
знать одно，но не знать другого