bù dé ér zhī

HSK 7–9

不得而知 (bù dé ér zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “unknown; unable to find out”.

Meanings

  1. 1unknown
  2. 2unable to find out

Characters in 不得而知

不bù · no; not so得dé · to obtain而ér · and知zhī · to know

Related words

不no; not so知道to know; to become aware of得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...而and不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon而且(not only ...) but also

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