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(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
HSK 7-9
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
known to everybody
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
untiring / not recognizing tiredness
to have no sense of shame / brazen
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
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
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.
whereabouts unknown
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
numb / unfeeling / indifferent / inconsequential
to have no sense of shame
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
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
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
a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
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
in absolute secrecy
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)
one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all
to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible
lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
nonsense / nonsensical / incomprehensible / to make no sense
to act recklessly (idiom)
to have lost consciousness
omniscient
top secret / hush-hush
to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety


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