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knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
written notice
HSK 4
well-known; famous
HSK 6
hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
HSK 6
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
to inform
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
perception / consciousness
HSK 7-9
(idiom) as everyone knows
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
HSK 7-9
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
ignorant / ignorance
HSK 7-9
intellectual / intelligentsia / learned person
HSK 7-9
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to know / to be aware
perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses) / to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
unknown
county head magistrate (old)
cicada (onom.)
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet
to know / to understand
known (to science)
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
(idiom) self-knowledge
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
intimate friend / soul mate
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
well known
to anticipate / to foresee
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
real knowledge
to know / to be informed of
to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
who would have thought / unexpectedly
to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
to know well; to be fully aware of
little imagined / scarcely realized
redbreast / robin
a close friend over many years
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth
to have no sense of shame / brazen
senior provincial government official in dynastic China
to act recklessly (idiom)
to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
penetrating insight
(idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
caring / intimate
omniscient
to infer
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
whereabouts unknown / gone missing
to have no sense of shame
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
known to everyone
to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
to act tactfully / tactful / discreet
having foresight / a person of foresight
predictable / sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
educated and well-balanced (idiom)
stupid and ignorant (idiom)
to be content with what one is
to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
intimate friend
to know full well; to be fully aware
to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come

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