Know five but not ten

Know five but not ten

Know five but not ten

shíèrwǔérbùzhīshí

I only know one aspect, but I don't know how to observe the problem comprehensively. In historical records, Goujian family, the king of Yue, said: "what the king asked for was to fight Jin and Chu; if Jin and Chu did not fight, Yue would not be able to fight. He knew five but did not know ten."

Table of contents 1. Sources of allusions 2. Idioms

Source of allusion

In historical records, Goujian family, the king of Yue, said: "what the king asked for was to fight Jin and Chu; if Jin and Chu did not fight, Yue would not be able to fight. He knew five but did not know ten."

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: only know one aspect, and do not know how to observe the problem comprehensively.

Idiom example: Liu Zhiji's Shi Tong pin Zao in Tang Dynasty: "when a husband returns to yuan, he can be abandoned, but when Yang Dong is promoted, he can be said to know 25 but not 10."

Degree of common use: rare

Grammatical usage: predicate, attribute, clause; derogatory

Idiom structure: complex sentence

Time of birth: ancient times