概
gài
old variant of 概[gai4]
wood (木) + already (既) = a rough, leveling measure
木 grounds the meaning in wood — the 概 was originally a flat wooden stick used to level off grain in a measuring vessel, giving rise to ideas of approximate standard or general measure. 既 is there for sound, lending the gài pronunciation.
他对这件事一概不知。
tā duì zhè jiàn shì yī gài bù zhī。
he knows nothing at all about this matter.
这些规定一概适用于所有人。
zhè xiē guī dìng yī gài shì yòng yú suǒ yǒu rén。
these rules apply without exception to everyone.
Words with 概
概览
gài lǎn
general overview
概率论
gài lǜ lùn
probability (math.)
一概
yī gài
all
骑士气概
qí shì qì gài
chivalry
一概而论
yī gài ér lùn
to lump different matters together (idiom)
上位概念
shàng wèi gài niàn
superordinate concept
中概股
zhōng gài gǔ
China concepts stock (stock in a Chinese company that trades on an exchange outside China or in Hong Kong) (abbr. for 中國概念股|中国概念股[Zhong1 guo2 gai4 nian4 gu3])
人工概念
rén gōng gài niàn
artificial concept
以偏概全
yǐ piān gài quán
(lit.) to take a part for the whole
先验概率
xiān yàn gài lǜ
(math.) prior probability
基本概念
jī běn gài niàn
basic concept
大概
dà gài
roughly