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to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
knowledge / CL: 門|门 / intellectual
HSK 1
well-known; famous
HSK 6
perception / consciousness
HSK 7-9
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
intellectual / intelligentsia / learned person
HSK 7-9
reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness
informed consent
intellectual property rights (law)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *知* | 知* | *知
to know / to be aware
to know / to be informed of
knowledge base
to know / to understand
intimate friend / soul mate
to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
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)
county head magistrate (old)
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
to have a sense of shame
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
person in the know / insider / informed source
public figure / celebrity
educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年)
redbreast / robin
caring / intimate
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)
epistemology
intellectual circles / intelligentsia
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
ungrateful
(saying) to know that it is so but not why it is so
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
to be well-mannered
cicada (onom.)
to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
to act tactfully / tactful / discreet
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
knowledge worker
OK! / Got it!
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
senior provincial government official in dynastic China
Anemarrhena asphodeloides / rhyzome of Anemarrhena (used in TCM)
Creative Commons
those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经
to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
to know very little about
Zhihu, Chinese Q&A website modeled on Quora, at zhihu.com, launched in Jan 2011
(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
intimate friend
to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate
(idiom) to know how to be economical
educated and well-balanced (idiom)
to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
ability to perceive / perceptivity / sentience
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)
educated youth; young intellectual / (historical) urban youth with formal education who were sent to rural areas for re-education and labor during the Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s)
to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)


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