I know only one, but I don't know the other

I know only one, but I don't know the other

Only know one, do not know the other is a Chinese idiom, the pronunciation is zh ǐ zh ī Q í y ī B ù zh ī Q í è R, meaning only know one aspect of things, but not the other.

Idiom explanation

Only know one, do not know the other, only know one side of things, and do not know the other side of it.

Idioms and allusions

Chuang Tzu · heaven and earth: "know one, do not know the other; treat the inside, but not the outside." Ba Jie said, "brother, you only know one, but you don't know the other." The 47th chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen in Ming Dynasty

Discrimination of words

[synonym]: know little about it [antonym]: know it like the back of your hand