lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
trad. 一竅不通
Also written 一竅不通【yī qiào bù tōng】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
窍
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hole, opening, orifice (of the human body), (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- Pinyin
- qiào
- Traditional
- 竅
- Strokes
- 10
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
通
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to go through, to know well, (suffix) expert, to connect, to communicate, open, to clear, classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- Pinyin
- tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5675 of 2500