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not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
HSK 7-9
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
untiring / not recognizing tiredness
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
whereabouts unknown / gone missing
somehow
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
whereabouts unknown
a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
known to everybody
to have no sense of shame / brazen
numb / unfeeling / indifferent / inconsequential
to have no sense of shame
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
omniscient
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
(saying) to know that it is so but not why it is so
little imagined / scarcely realized
(idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do
to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
top secret / hush-hush
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)
in absolute secrecy
to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all
unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
to act recklessly (idiom)
to have lost consciousness
to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
nonsense / nonsensical / incomprehensible / to make no sense
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety


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