半通不通 bàn tōng bù tōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to not fully understand (idiom)

CHARACTERS

半 bàn
HSK 3
half
通 tōng
HSK 4
pass through, common, communicate
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
通 tōng
HSK 4
pass through, common, communicate