一知半解 meaning in English
have a superficial knowledge of; a smattering of knowledge; half knowledge; have half-baked knowledge; have scanty knowledge; know only a smattering; know only superficially; scanty [hearsay; halfbaked] knowledge; sciolism; smatter
Examples
- I have only a sketchy knowledge of geography .
我对地理只是一知半解。 - Better know nothing than half-know many things !
一无所知，比对许多东西都一知半解为好！ - It is dangerous that you have a smattering of superficial knowledge on a subject .
对于任何问题一知半解的知识都是危险的。 - Griffiths is glib and has a lot of superficial information on a number of subjects .
格里菲思能说会道，对许多问题都有点一知半解。 - He is always laying down the law about gardening but he really does not know much about it .
他总是对园艺工作发号施令，其实他只是一知半解。