不明就裡

Chinese

		to not understand; to not be clear; to not be known to not understand; to not be clear; to not be known; to be unknown	inside story or information
trad. (不明就裡/不明就裏)		不明	就裡/就裏
simp. (不明就里)		不明	就里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmíngjiùlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ming⁴ zau⁶ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmíngjiùlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmíngjiòulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ming²-chiu⁴-li³
    • Yale: bù-míng-jyòu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumingjiowlii
    • Palladius: буминцзюли (buminczjuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ming⁴ zau⁶ leoi⁵
    • Yale: bāt mìhng jauh léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ming⁴ dzau⁶ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ming⁴ zeo⁶ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯²² lɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

不明就裡

1. to not know the inside story; to be unfamiliar with the details of the situation

Synonyms

• 不知就裡／不知就里 (bùzhījiùlǐ)