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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
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
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
science / scientific knowledge / scientific / rational / CL: 門|门, 個|个, 種|种
HSK 2
common sense / general knowledge / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
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to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
HSK 6
to gain knowledge and experience
level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
(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
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
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)
new knowledge / new friend
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
knowledge and experience
scientific knowledge
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
desire for knowledge
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared
lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
technical knowledge
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
crowd knowledge / collective wisdom
general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
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
connector; joint; coupling / (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with / to have knowledge of; to be familiar with
"legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct
cognition / rational knowledge
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
knowledge; learning / (attributive) intellectual
to disseminate knowledge of the law
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
(Tw) field of knowledge / academic discipline
knowledge worker
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
medical knowledge; principles of medical science
shallow study / superficial / scant knowledge
wondrous wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
profound (knowledge) / erudite
knowledge and experience
to acquire knowledge
Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
background knowledge / prerequisite
(of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly / (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise
broad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
(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
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
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
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
knowledge base
(idiom) self-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. to 指考
as far as I know / to the best of my knowledge
secure in the knowledge that one has backing
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)
lacking in knowledge; ignorant
learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship
real knowledge
(idiom) to integrate knowledge from various sources into a deep and coherent understanding of a subject
rational knowledge
erudition / scholarly knowledge
(Tw) to withhold (knowledge, resources etc) out of reluctance to share
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
having little knowledge / not well-read
eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
to smell / to hear / knowledge / information
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
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
shallow and crude / meager (knowledge or skill)
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
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)
treasure house of knowledge
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing


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