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不得而知

bù dé ér zhī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

不得而知 (bù dé ér zhī) means "unknown; unable to find out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不得而知 means

1. unknown
2. unable to find out

The characters in 不得而知

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 知zhīto know; to be aware

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