I don't know a thing
A Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī D ī NGB ù sh í, which means to describe not knowing a word. It comes from the biography of Zhang Hongjing in the old book of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"The old book of Tang, biography of Zhang Hongjing:" there is nothing wrong in the world. If you hold two stone bows, it's better to know a character. "
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: illiterate antonym: Xuefu wuche
Idiom usage
It's really a bit of ignorance to write without knowledge. The seventh volume of Xia Wai Xie written by Ping Bu Qing in Qing Dynasty
I don't know a thing
Cause trouble and bring disaster - rě zāi zhāo huò
One is known, the other is unknown - zhǐ zhī qí yī,wèi zhī qí èr
know all the moves on the board - lǎo chéng liàn dá
have no skill in any of a hundred ways - bǎi wú yī néng
speeches are not in accordance with action - yán bù gù xíng