不得要领 (bù dé yào lǐng) | Meaning: to fail to grasp the main points | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision雾里看花wù lǐ kàn huā

to not understand · to be puzzled by · indissoluble不解bù jiě

lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) · fig. beside the point · ineffectual隔靴搔痒gé xuē sāo yǎng

lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what · fig. not getting to any matter of substance · scratching the surface · superficial · perfunctory不痛不痒bù tòng bù yǎng

(idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey"; to write at length without ever getting to the point博士买驴bó shì mǎi lu:2

to not know what sb is driving at · to be unintelligible不知所云bù zhī suǒ yún

to fail to grasp the main points

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