知
其
然
而
不
知
其
所
以
然
z
h
ī
z
h
ī
q
í
q
í
r
á
n
r
á
n
é
r
é
r
b
ù
b
ù
z
h
ī
z
h
ī
q
í
q
í
s
u
ó
s
u
ǒ
y
ǐ
y
ǐ
r
á
n
r
á
n
Definitions
1. to know that it is so but not why it is so (idiom)
Components
知其然
zhī qí rán
–
know that something is so (the way it is)
而
ér
–
and
不知
bù zhī
–
not to know
其所
qí suǒ
–
its place
以
Yǐ
–
PN:abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
然
rán
–
correct