一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一无所知
yìwúsuǒzhī
to know nothing at all
Characters in this word
知 zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 矢 — arrow, dart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 对供应链的实际风险一无所知，就贸然扩张，是极不负责任的。 Duì gōngyìngliàn de shíjì fēngxiǎn yìwúsuǒzhī, jiù màorán kuòzhāng, shì jí bù fù zérèn de. To expand rashly while knowing nothing about the real risks in the supply chain is extremely irresponsible.
- 我对这门新技术一无所知，得从头学起。 Wǒ duì zhè mén xīn jìshù yīwúsuǒzhī, děi cóngtóu xuéqǐ. I know nothing about this new technology and have to learn it from the beginning.
- 孩子对从前的苦日子一无所知，还以为生活本来就是这样。 Háizi duì cóngqián de kǔ rìzi yīwúsuǒzhī, hái yǐwéi shēnghuó běnlái jiù shì zhèyàng. The child knows nothing about the hardships of the past and thinks life has always been like this.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while