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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
common sense / general knowledge / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
consciousness; awareness / (usu. followed by ) to be aware of; to realize
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *识* | 识* | *识
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
HSK 6
to learn to read / able to read; literate
HSK 6
to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time
HSK 7-9
to get to know each other / acquaintance
HSK 7-9
common understanding / consensus
HSK 7-9
to be total strangers (idiom)
HSK 7-9
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
intellectual; intelligentsia
HSK 7-9
knowledge and experience
identifier
knowledge base
illiterate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *识* | 识* | *识
to record / to write a footnote
optical character recognition (OCR)
intellectual property rights (law)
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
to appreciate / to recognize the worth of sth / appreciation
general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum
distinctiveness; identifiability; recognizability
ID badge (on a lanyard etc) (Tw)
self-awareness
erudition / scholarly knowledge
to penetrate / to see through
variant of 標誌|标志
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
ability and insight
general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition
(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
sensitive / tactful
to be well acquainted with / to know well
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
knowledgeable / erudite / erudition / proficient
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
(idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level
to know what's what
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes
to identify / to detect
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
visionary and sagacious (idiom)
It is a great honor to meet you.
lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
superior judgment / sagacity
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only and 無|无
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
knowledge and experience
speech recognition
identification / to identify / to recognize
knowledge; learning / (attributive) intellectual
trivia
discernment / the ability to judge well
phonetic awareness
epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
stream of consciousness (in literature)
a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
World Intellectual Property Organization
erudite and sophisticated
Creative Commons
scientific knowledge
foresight
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
to acquire knowledge
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances
conscious
technical knowledge
to gain knowledge and experience
consciousness
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
epistemology
radio-frequency identification (RFID)
treasure house of knowledge
the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮)
agnosia
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
(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
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
ideology
cognition / rational knowledge
(computing) facial recognition / (cognitive pyschology) face perception
preconscious / preconsciousness
knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
image classification (computer vision)
perceptual awareness
rational knowledge
tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)

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