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一窍不通

yī qiào bù tōng

4-character word Traditional 一竅不通

What 一窍不通 means

1. lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
2. I don't understand a word (idiom)
3. it's all Greek to me

The characters in 一窍不通

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 窍qiàohole; opening; orifice (of the human body)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Example sentences

• 我对此一窍不通。
  Wǒ duì cǐ yīqiàobùtōng.
  It's all Greek to me.
• 在处理资料上，他很有天赋。但编写代码的话，只能说一窍不通。
  With data, he's a genius. But with code -- complete numbskull.
• 罗素是一个极出色的哲学家，可是他对日常生活中的事务却是一窍不通。
  Luósù shì yī gè jí chūsè de zhéxuéjiā, kěshì tā duì Rì cháng shēnghuó zhōng de shìwù quèshì yīqiàobùtōng.
  Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.