Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「一竅不通」—details below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「一竅不通」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Qiao: hole, refers to the heart hole. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. I don’t understand the metaphor at all.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī qiào bù tōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 kiu3/hiu3 bat1 tung1
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