Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「似懂非懂」, explained here.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「似懂非懂」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It seems like I understand, but it also seems like I don’t understand.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sì dǒng fēi dǒng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chi5 dung2 fei1 dung2
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
