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to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to
to have difficulties sleeping in a bed other than one's own
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to confirm / to verify / confirmation
HSK 4
to declare to be untrue / to deny
HSK 3
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge
HSK 4
to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition
HSK 1
to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt
to fall out with sb and become hostile
to accept punishment
metacognition
to authenticate / to approve
HSK 7-9
to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with
HSK 6
internationally recognized
to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate / to be resigned to sth
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
HSK 2
to concede / to admit defeat
to regard as / to view / to consider sth as / to treat as
to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
to realize / realization
(a share issue is) oversubscribed
to see clearly; to recognize; to realize
conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
to formally accept sb as (one's adoptive mother, one's master etc)
flashcard
to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt
to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
HSK 5
to recognize / to identify
HSK 7-9
cognition / rational knowledge
cognitive dissonance
plea bargain
to agree tacitly / tacit approval / default (setting)
public declaration
guilty plea (law)
to identify / to authenticate
to acknowledge sb as one's relative; to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage
to confess
to approve / approval / acknowledgment / OK
HSK 3
cognitive psychology
lost and found
shy with strangers
epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
to learn to read / able to read; literate
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
perceptual awareness
to confess / confession
lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy
to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake
HSK 7-9
to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship)
to admit defeat; to accept having lost
to undertake to purchase sth / to subscribe (to share issue)
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
publicly known (to be) / accepted (as)
HSK 5
gender identity disorder (GID) / gender dysphoria
to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
metacognition (Tw)
subscribed capital (finance)
cognitive warfare
recognition / to recognize
HSK 3
to agree to pay compensation / to accept liability
to admit defeat
obstinate / opinionated
to admit guilt; to plead guilty
to identify
to make a full confession; to plead guilty
policy of non-recognition
to deny flatly
to recognize people (of babies) / to be able to tell people apart
a left-and-right pair of shoes (distinguished from 直腳鞋|直脚鞋, shoes that can be worn on either foot)
to admit defeat
moral cognition / ethical awareness
preemptive right (in share issue)
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  *认* | 认* | *认
to recognize / to know / to admit
HSK 5
lit. to mistake a chicken for a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to overestimate sth's worth
stubborn
agnosia
cognitive neuropsychology
erhua variant of 認人|认人
erhua variant of 認死理|认死理


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