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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
science / scientific knowledge / scientific / rational / CL: 門|门, 個|个, 種|种
HSK 2
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
common sense / general knowledge / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
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to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
connector; joint; coupling / (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with / to have knowledge of; to be familiar with
to disseminate knowledge of the law
to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分)
real knowledge
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
erudition / scholarly knowledge
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth
to smell / to hear / knowledge / information
hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
secure in the knowledge that one has backing
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies
(idiom) self-knowledge
crowd knowledge / collective wisdom
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
shallow and crude / meager (knowledge or skill)
knowledge and experience
medical knowledge; principles of medical science
profound (knowledge) / erudite
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
shallow study / superficial / scant knowledge
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
having little knowledge / not well-read
knowledge and experience
learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship
knowledge; learning / (attributive) intellectual
new knowledge / new friend
as far as I know / to the best of my knowledge
desire for knowledge
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime / knowledge is the best charity
scientific knowledge
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
broad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
to acquire knowledge
(of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity; to require a great deal of specialized knowledge; to be a real science; to be a fine art
lacking in knowledge; ignorant
technical knowledge
great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
to gain knowledge and experience
(of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly / (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
treasure house of knowledge
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. for 大學入學指定科目考試|大学入学指定科目考试
to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
cognition / rational knowledge
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
knowledge base
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
"legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
rational knowledge
background knowledge / prerequisite
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考
wondrous wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
(Tw) field of knowledge / academic discipline
knowledge worker
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传
general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition


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