Radical:

meaning for dǒng:

  • - to understand
  • - to comprehendto understand
  • - to know
  • - to comprehendsensible
  • - thoughtful
  • - intelligentconfused
  • - ignorantto not really understand
  • - to half-understandto know the ropes

yuándīng园丁
de
érzi儿子
xīnli心里
zhuómó琢磨
zhèyàng这样
yīzhǐ一只
chùsheng畜生
néng
dǒng
shénme什么
ne

But the son thought to himself, 'What can such a beast as this know about the matter?'