Is there a Chinese equivalent of the German "Mut zur Lücke"?

Question

In German, we have the expression "Mut zur Lücke", in English something like "courage to have a gap" - a knowledge gap. It is used between students, when they skip to learn something for an exam.

It's more the hope that this topic will be not part of the exam or test. So it is some kind of taking a calculated risk. The reasons can be diverse. Normally caused by the inability to understand or simply running out of time. Laziness or carelessness also play a role.

When someone says this, they stop learning (of a certain topic) and accept the risk that it maybe be asked in a test. Then of course they "knows their limits", but this is secondary. They are brave / have nerve to have a knowledge gap.

Is there a similar expression in Chinese? I even could not found a translation for "knowledge gap" in Chinese.

Answer 1

google told me "Mut zur Lücke" means "dare to venture into the unknown", and I can't find a Chinese phrase that have the same meaning xD. But there is a expression, 碰运气, which means to "push your luck". So in your example about the exam, you can say 碰一碰运气吧，这部分我不复习了(Let me push my luck and skip this part).

P.S. In Chinese, 人品 means moral qualities. Chinese people sort of believe in karma, where people with good qualities(人品好) will do good deeds, good deeds will be rewarded with good luck. So you can replace 碰运气 with 拼人品(the collocation can't be changed, 碰人品 and 拼运气 are not proper expressions). But this expression "拼人品" is informal and is only used among young people.

Answer 2

How about 敢傻 as a translation for dare to stupid, which is what "Mut zur Lücke" sans euphemism means. It is also homophonous to 干啥.

Answer 3

This is done I would think in many cultures. Here is the scenario: The student for what ever reason is not properly prepared for the exam and he doesn't have time to study thoroughly as he should. The reason he got to this point is not the issue, I assume the German phrase is talking about WHAT the student actually does. The German way of phrasing it might be different from in English, but I would say that what the student actually does to salvage what he can of this sad situation is "spot study". He selects topics he thinks or hopes will be on the exam and just uses his limited time to study these. A slightly different view of the student would be to "spot study areas that he does not know but he figures he needs (to stop his normal studying ) to concentrate on these troublesome areas in case they come up. Hope I understood your question, and that my answer is helpful to who might need it at this juncture.