New Members TT Posted March 14, 2019 at 12:56 PM New Members Report Posted March 14, 2019 at 12:56 PM How to translate the following sentences into English? 1 你不能只知其然，不知其所以然。 2 左边的轮子转两圈，同时右边的轮子只转了一圈。 Quote
谢恩灵 Posted March 15, 2019 at 05:47 AM Report Posted March 15, 2019 at 05:47 AM 1. Idk something about not being able to just know something and having to learn it? 2. The left wheel turns two times, and at the same time the right wheel only turns once. Quote
Jim Posted March 15, 2019 at 06:09 AM Report Posted March 15, 2019 at 06:09 AM First one is more like "It's not enough to know that something is so without also knowing why it is so." Quote
889 Posted March 15, 2019 at 06:53 AM Report Posted March 15, 2019 at 06:53 AM From Pleco: 知其然而不知其所以然 zhīqírán'érbùzhīqísuǒyǐrán know the hows but not the whys Quote
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