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We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「不知所雲」, explained below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「不知所雲」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Yun: say. I don’t know what it’s about. Describes speech that is confusing and incomprehensible.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù zhī suǒ yún

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 ji1 so2 wan4

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.