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to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5]
HSK 1
knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
written notice
HSK 4
well-known; famous
HSK 6
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
perception / consciousness
HSK 7-9
unconsciously / unwittingly
HSK 7-9
as everyone knows (idiom)
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
to inform
HSK 7-9
not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant / without an inkling
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
it is obvious that... / as one can well imagine...
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
ignorant / ignorance
HSK 7-9
intellectual / intelligentsia / learned person
HSK 7-9
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to know / to be aware
to know well; to be fully aware of
perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses) / to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
to be well acquainted with
unknown
to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
little imagined / scarcely realized
known (to science)
to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
county head magistrate (old)
cicada (onom.)
well known
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
who would have thought / unexpectedly
a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
caring / intimate
to know / to understand
knowing oneself (idiom) / self-knowledge
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few
to have no sense of shame
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
to act recklessly (idiom)
to infer
intimate friend / soul mate
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
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
real knowledge
one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
whereabouts unknown / gone missing
Aichi prefecture, central Japan
to anticipate / to foresee
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
to know / to be informed of
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
senior provincial government official in dynastic China
penetrating insight
omniscient and omnipotent
to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
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 get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
a close friend over many years
redbreast / robin
lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
to have no sense of shame / brazen
stupid and ignorant (idiom)
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)
omniscient
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
to know full well; to be fully aware
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
known to everyone
to act tactfully / tactful / discreet
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
something that everybody knows
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
to know just a little; to have a rough idea
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
educated and well-balanced (idiom)
to be content with what one is
to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
having foresight / a person of foresight
to not know the reason / to not know what to do
predictable / sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
intimate friend

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