一知半解
Traditional form:
一知半解
Pinyin (reading):
yīzhībànjiě
Definitions:
- lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- dilettante
- amateur
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
- 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
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