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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「知一萬畢」.

The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「知一萬畢」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.

It means to understand the essence and understand everything.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhī yī wàn bì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji1 yat1 maan6 bat1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.