一竅不通 [－窍－－]

Jyutping jat1 kiu3 bat1 tung1
Pinyin yī qiào bù tōng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    對​某​啲​事情​完全​唔​識
    to be utterly ignorant of; to know nothing about a particular matter
    • 我讀文學嘅，對機械嘅嘢一竅不通。
      我读文学嘅，对机械嘅嘢一窍不通。
      ngo5 duk6 man4 hok6 ge3, deoi3 gei1 haai6 ge3 je5 jat1 hiu1 bat1 tung1.
      I study literature and I know nothing about mechanics.

一竅不通 [－窍－－]

Jyutping jat1 hiu3 bat1 tung1
Pinyin yī qiào bù tōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. it's all Greek to me
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    對​某​啲​事情​完全​唔​識
    to be utterly ignorant of; to know nothing about a particular matter
    • 我讀文學嘅，對機械嘅嘢一竅不通。
      我读文学嘅，对机械嘅嘢一窍不通。
      ngo5 duk6 man4 hok6 ge3, deoi3 gei1 haai6 ge3 je5 jat1 hiu1 bat1 tung1.
      I study literature and I know nothing about mechanics.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to not understand a thing about the topic; it's all Greek to me
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我对此一窍不通。
    我對此一竅不通。
    wǒ duì cǐ yī qiào bù tōng 。
    • It's all Greek to me.
    • It is all Greek to me.
    • This is Greek to me.
  2. Mandarin
    罗素是一个极出色的哲学家，可是他对日常生活中的事务却是一窍不通。
    羅素是一個極出色的哲學家，可是他對日常生活中的事務卻是一竅不通。
    luó sù shì yí gè jí chū sè de zhé xué jiā ， kě shì tā duì rì cháng shēng huó zhòng dì shì wù què shì yī qiào bù tōng 。
    • Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我读文学嘅，对机械嘅嘢一窍不通。
    我讀文學嘅，對機械嘅嘢一竅不通。
    ngo5 duk6 man4 hok6 ge3, deoi3 gei1 haai6 ge3 je5 jat1 hiu1 bat1 tung1.
    • I study literature and I know nothing about mechanics.