- lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
- I don't understand a word (idiom)
- it's all Greek to me
Characters
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 窍 (竅): hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 通 (通): to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一窍不通
- MDBG: 一窍不通
- Examples with 一窍不通 on Tatoeba
Examples
我对此一窍不通。