汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 一窍不通
一窍不通 (一竅不通)
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
窍 Hole / No one is connected / I don't understand the metaphor at all
相传商纣王荒淫无道,皇叔比干强谏,纣王发怒说吾闻圣人心有七窍。”乃杀比干而视其心。孔子听后说其窍通则比干不死矣。”见《吕氏春秋·过理》、《史记·殷本纪》。按古谓圣人心有七窍,而孔子以纣王为一窍不通之人◇以一窍不通”比喻什么都不懂。
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