sì dǒng fēi dǒng

似懂非懂 (sì dǒng fēi dǒng) is a Chinese word meaning “to not really understand; to half-understand”.

Meanings

  1. 1to not really understand
  2. 2to half-understand

Characters in 似懂非懂

似shì · used in 似的[shi4 de5]懂dǒng · to understand非fēi · to not be; not懂dǒng · to understand

Related words

非常very; really懂to understand除非only if (..., or otherwise, ...)似乎it seems; seemingly; as if非to not be; not非abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa似的seems as if类似similar; analogous非法illegal并非really isn't非洲Africa懂得to understand; to know; to comprehend

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