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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 不得而知
[bùdé'érzhī]
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1.
没有办法知道;不知道。
Examples
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作者是谁,不得而知。
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The name of the author is unknown.
→ 不得而知
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情况如何,不得而知。
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We are unable to find out how things stand.
→ 不得而知
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局外人不得而知
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unknown to an outsider
→ 局外人
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结果若何,还不得而知。
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The outcome is not known yet. or I'm unable to find out how things have come out.
→ 若何
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Word Decomposition
不
[bù]
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得
[de]
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而
[ér]
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知
[zhī]
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