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HSK
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to inform
HSK 7-9
(idiom) as everyone knows
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *知* | 知* | *知
to know / to be aware
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
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)
known (to science)
new knowledge / new friend
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
something that everybody knows
(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
HSK 7-9
known by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
(Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
well known
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
to know in advance
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
known far and wide (idiom)
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
metacognition
well-known far and near (idiom)
preliminary notification / to announce in advance
(idiom) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
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
known to everybody
omniscient
to detect / to sense
to be well acquainted with
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
stupid and ignorant (idiom)
(literary) how is one to know?
known to everyone
(idiom) to be evident at a glance
known / what one knows
omniscient
who would have imagined? / unexpectedly
to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
a close friend over many years
lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
little imagined / scarcely realized
to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth
to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
to realize only then
to know full well; to be fully aware
Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret
recognized (for one's talents)
to infer
HSK 7-9
old acquaintance / former friend
a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet
to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all
as far as I know / to the best of my knowledge
unknown
to find out about / to discover
to let everyone know / spread the word!
to know well; to be fully aware of
metacognition (Tw)
real knowledge
ignorant / ignorance
HSK 7-9
benighted (idiom) / ignorant
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
who would have thought / unexpectedly
Aichi (prefecture in Japan)
perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses) / to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
(idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight
government sub-prefect (old)
to anticipate / to foresee
to have lost consciousness
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
(literary) to be fully aware of
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few
Ben Tre, province and city in Vietnam
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
variant of 哪知


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