yī wèn sān bù zhīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
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Original source entry:

一問三不知 一问三不知 [yi1 wen4 san1 bu4 zhi1] /lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)/fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on/complete ignorance/

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