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knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition
HSK 1
common sense / general knowledge / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
consciousness; awareness / (usu. followed by ) to be aware of; to realize
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *识* | 识* | *识
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
HSK 6
to learn to read / able to read; literate
HSK 6
to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
HSK 7-9
common understanding / consensus
HSK 7-9
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time
HSK 7-9
to get to know each other / acquaintance
HSK 7-9
to be total strangers (idiom)
HSK 7-9
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
intellectual / intelligentsia / learned person
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *识* | 识* | *识
to record / to write a footnote
identification / to identify / to recognize
lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate
courage and insight
to appreciate / to recognize the worth of sth / appreciation
to know what's what
tactful / discreet
erudition / scholarly knowledge
to penetrate / to see through
variant of 標誌|标志
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
sensitive / tactful
to be well acquainted with / to know well
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
knowledgeable / erudite / erudition / proficient
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
former acquaintance / old friend
visionary and sagacious (idiom)
(idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level
unable to tell good from bad (idiom) / undiscriminating
knowledge and experience
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes
ability and insight
(idiom) able to read; literate
to identify / to detect
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
to know shame / to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless)
superior judgment / sagacity
semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only and 無|无
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
knowledge and experience
to recognize talent
speech recognition
knowledge; learning / (attributive) intellectual
trivia
to know
to know how to count and do sums / numerate / numeracy
epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
stream of consciousness (in literature)
It is a great honor to meet you.
World Intellectual Property Organization
erudite and sophisticated
Creative Commons
scientific knowledge
foresight
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
to acquire knowledge
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
(idiom) only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends; a wise man submits to circumstances
conscious
technical knowledge
consciousness
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
epistemology
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
identifier
optical character recognition (OCR)
radio-frequency identification (RFID)
treasure house of knowledge
the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮)
agnosia
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
(idiom) illiterate
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
ideology
cognition / rational knowledge
knowledge base
(computing) facial recognition / (cognitive pyschology) face perception
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
preconscious / preconsciousness
knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
image classification (computer vision)
perceptual awareness
rational knowledge
tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)
Cheng Bushi, Han dynasty general
literacy rate

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