Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    literally doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)

    yī
    一
    qiào
    窍
    bù
    不
    tōng
    通
    一窍不通
    yī qiào bù tōng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
    • I don't understand a word
    • it's all Greek to me

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    窍
    qiào
    hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
    不
    bù
    not / no / (negative prefix)
    通
    tōng
    to go through / to know well / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc / (suffix) expert
    tòng
    classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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