县主只知其一 却不知道
“This may look deadly, Your Ladyship. But the truth is,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But you wrote me a deadly poison?”
县主 只知其一 却 不知道
“This may look deadly, Your Ladyship. But the truth is,”
这些毒药只要控制好药量和配伍
“with a perfectly controlled dosage,”
“You are jumping to conclusions without understanding the deeper technical picture.”
When correcting someone of higher social standing, stating that they 'only know the first part' saves their face by validating what they do know before presenting the full truth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to know only part of something / to have incomplete knowledge
Derived from the proverb '知其一不知其二'; use it to diplomatically introduce a deeper or counter-intuitive explanation.
yet fail to realize that / but do not know that
Common contrastive transition used to introduce missing critical information after an initial premise.
