{"path":"/entry/87841","title":"闻一知十 / 聞一知十 (wén yī zhī shí) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"闻一知十 / 聞一知十 (wén yī zhī shí): literally to hear one and know ten (idiom) · figuratively explain one thing and (he) understands everything. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":87841,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["闻一知十"],"TRADITIONAL":["聞一知十"]}},"phonetic":"wén yī zhī shí","phoneticKey":"wen2 yi1 zhi1 shi2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to hear one and know ten ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively explain one thing and ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(he)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":" understands everything","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a word to the wise","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"wén yì zhī shí"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"hear one [point], know ten [points]","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 5 (《論語·公冶長》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子谓子贡曰：「女与回也孰愈？」\n对曰：「赐也何敢望回。回也闻一以知十，赐也闻一以知二。」","traditional":"子謂子貢曰：「女與回也孰愈？」\n對曰：「賜也何敢望回。回也聞一以知十，賜也聞一以知二。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐ wèi Zǐgòng yuē: “Nǚ yǔ Huí yě shú yù?”\nDuì yuē: “Cì yě hégǎn wàng Huí. Huí yě wén yī yǐ zhī shí, cì yě wén yī yǐ zhī èr.”","english":"The Master said to Zigong, \"Which do you consider superior, yourself or [Yan] Hui?\"\nZigong replied, \"How dare I compare myself with Hui? Hui hears one point and knows all [lit. ten points] about a subject; I hear one point, and know a second.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}