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Definitions
1. not know why something is the way it is
Components
知
zhī
–
to know
其所
qí suǒ
–
its place
Related Words
知其然而不知其所以然
zhī qí rán ér bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán
–
to know that it is so but not why it is so (idiom)