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knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition
HSK 1
to learn to read / able to read; literate
HSK 6
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
common sense / general knowledge / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
consciousness; awareness / (usu. followed by ) to be aware of; to realize
HSK 5
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *识* | 识* | *识
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
HSK 6
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
to gain knowledge and experience
to be aware of; to realize
to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time
HSK 7-9
(computing) facial recognition / (cognitive pyschology) face perception
intellectual; intelligentsia
HSK 7-9
to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
HSK 7-9
illiterate
consciousness
stream of consciousness (in literature)
to get to know each other / acquaintance
HSK 7-9
intellectual property rights (law)
to penetrate / to see through
image classification (computer vision)
knowledge and experience
ideology
lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate
conscious
trivia
scientific knowledge
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
common understanding / consensus
HSK 7-9
to appreciate / to recognize the worth of sth / appreciation
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
handwriting recognition
Creative Commons
to be total strangers (idiom)
HSK 7-9
unconscious / involuntary
preconscious / preconsciousness
intellectual circles / intelligentsia
technical knowledge
distinctiveness; identifiability; recognizability
World Intellectual Property Organization
optical character recognition (OCR)
general culture
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *识* | 识* | *识
to record / to write a footnote
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
general education
knowledgeable and versatile
literacy rate
unable to tell good from bad (idiom) / undiscriminating
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
Cheng Bushi, Han dynasty general
foresight
general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition
unconscious mind / subconscious mind / subconsciousness
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
cognition / rational knowledge
ID badge (on a lanyard etc) (Tw)
knowledge; learning / (attributive) intellectual
(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
(idiom) illiterate
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
knowledge worker
(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances
to know what's what
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes
former acquaintance / old friend
superior judgment / sagacity
radio-frequency identification (RFID)
to know
understanding and adaptable
a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
self-awareness
general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum
epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
anti-intellectual
knowledge and experience
to know how to count and do sums / numerate / numeracy
understanding / to know what's up
to identify / to detect
to acquire knowledge
background knowledge / prerequisite
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
perceptual awareness
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
to be well acquainted with / to know well
identification / to identify / to recognize
totally illiterate
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only and 無|无
knowledge base
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
epistemology
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
knowledgeable / erudite (idiom)
data link connection identifier (DLCI)

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