不
得
而
知

Unknown in Chinese: 不得而知 (bù dé ér zhī)

bù dé ér zhī

unknown

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unknown
  2. 2unable to find out

Stroke order

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不
得
而
知

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄜˊ

dé

ㄉ/ dㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄦˊ

ér

ㄦ/ erˊ/ second tone

ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他为什么离开，我们不得而知。

    tā wèi shén me lí kāi， wǒ men bù dé ér zhī。

    Why he left, we have no way of knowing.

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Related words

不

bù

no

得

dé

to obtain

而

ér

and

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

知道

zhī dào

to know

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

记得

jì de

to remember

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

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