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Home / Idiom / 似懂非懂

to not really understand · to half-understand

似懂非懂
sì dǒng fēi dǒng
s+ì·4th toned+ǒng·3rd tonef+ēi·1st toned+ǒng·3rd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth一知半解yī zhī bàn jiě
Antonyms
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) · to know (a person, a place etc) inside out了如指掌liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎngto know what's going on心中有数xīn zhōng yǒu shù
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