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knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
written notice
HSK 4
hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
HSK 6
to inform
HSK 7-9
(idiom) as everyone knows
HSK 7-9
well-known; famous
HSK 6
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
world famous
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
HSK 7-9
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
redbreast / robin
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to know / to be aware
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
intellectual; intelligentsia
HSK 7-9
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) (abbr. for 公共知識分子|公共知识分子)
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
untiring / not recognizing tiredness
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
If I had known earlier...
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
Zhihu, Chinese Q&A website modeled on Quora, at zhihu.com, launched in Jan 2011
known (to science)
new knowledge / new friend
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
to know / to be informed of
intellectual property rights (law)
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
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
something that everybody knows
to be well aware
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
person in the know / insider / informed source
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
HSK 7-9
whereabouts unknown / gone missing
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
known by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
somehow
(Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
trivia
scientific knowledge
admission notice (issued by a university)
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
well known
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
who would have thought that ...?
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 know in advance
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
perceptivity
desire for knowledge
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
known far and wide (idiom)
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
Creative Commons
metacognition
well-known far and near (idiom)
preliminary notification / to announce in advance
reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness
intellectual circles / intelligentsia
whereabouts unknown
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)
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
Internet slang for 長知識|长知识
a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
(idiom) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
technical knowledge
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
known to everybody
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
to have no sense of shame / brazen
World Intellectual Property Organization
omniscient
to detect / to sense
to be well acquainted with
those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经

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