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knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
written notice
HSK 4
well-known; famous
HSK 6
ignorant / ignorance
HSK 7-9
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
to inform
HSK 7-9
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
HSK 7-9
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
(idiom) as everyone knows
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
perception / consciousness
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
intellectual; intelligentsia
HSK 7-9
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  *知* | 知* | *知
to know / to be aware
knowledge base
If I had known earlier...
OK! / Got it!
perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses) / to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
unknown
who would have thought / unexpectedly
cicada (onom.)
intellectual property rights (law)
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
known (to science)
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
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.
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
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
penetrating insight
to anticipate / to foresee
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
real knowledge
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
to know / to be informed of
to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
to know well; to be fully aware of
little imagined / scarcely realized
a close friend over many years
Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
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
to have no sense of shame / brazen
senior provincial government official in dynastic China
to act recklessly (idiom)
to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
(idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
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)
prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
(idiom) self-knowledge
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
caring / intimate
to infer
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
whereabouts unknown / gone missing
to have no sense of shame
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
to act tactfully / tactful / discreet
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
having foresight / a person of foresight
Aichi (prefecture in Japan)
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
(idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight
omniscient
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
educated and well-balanced (idiom)
to be content with what one is
known to everyone
to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
intimate friend
to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
to be well-mannered
(idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do
one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases

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