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to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
written notice
HSK 4
well-known; famous
HSK 6
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
perception / consciousness
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
HSK 7-9
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) as everyone knows
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
HSK 7-9
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
to inform
HSK 7-9
ignorant / ignorance
HSK 7-9
intellectual; intelligentsia
HSK 7-9
reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
perceptivity
informed consent
government sub-prefect (old)
perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses) / to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
preliminary notification / to announce in advance
epistemology
to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
old acquaintance / former friend
lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
intellectual property rights (law)
to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
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  *知* | 知* | *知
to know / to be aware
to know full well; to be fully aware
to know / to be informed of
knowledge base
to know / to understand
who would have thought / unexpectedly
known / what one knows
to know well; to be fully aware of
Aichi prefecture, central Japan
intimate friend / soul mate
notification / notice / ticket / receipt
a close friend over many years
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)
to be well aware
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
to be well acquainted with
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
to realize in hindsight; to realize belatedly; to be late to the party
county head magistrate (old)
to anticipate / to foresee
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
(idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
whereabouts unknown
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
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
to have a sense of shame
to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth
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
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)
person in the know / insider / informed source
known to everybody
public figure / celebrity
penetrating insight
desire for knowledge
educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年)
redbreast / robin
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
omniscient
caring / intimate
somehow
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
stupid and ignorant (idiom)
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
having foresight / a person of foresight
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
known by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)
to be content with what one is
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
benighted (idiom) / ignorant
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
intellectual circles / intelligentsia
to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence

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