知其然而不知其所以然 Save Sign in to save words zhīqíránérbùzhīqísuǒyǐrán ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ ㄖㄢˊ to know that it is so but not why it is so saying Character by character 知(zhī)know 其(qí)his 然(rán)correct 而(ér)and 不(bù)no 知(zhī)know 其(qí)his 所(suǒ)actually 以(yǐ)use 然(rán)correct A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0