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不得而知

bùdé'érzhī

“Unknown” in Chinese is 不得而知 (bùdé'érzhī).

Meaning

  • unknown
  • unable to find out

Example

这个计划能否成功还不得而知。

It is yet to be seen whether this plan will succeed or not.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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