一問三不知 (jat1 man6 saam1 bat1 zi1 | ) : ask a question and one claims complete ignorance

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一問三不知

jat1 man6 saam1 bat1 zi1

ask a person about something and he will tell you that there are actually three things he doesn't know anything about (said of people who do not wish to give out information or cooperate)

三不知 is a related term.

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

一問三不知

This word has been viewed 1639 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Mar 2009 06:52

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Characters in this word:

一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
問 man6 - ask
三 saam1 saam3 - three; several
不 bat1 - not; no; un-
知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform

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