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HSK
to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition
HSK 1
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge
HSK 4
definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)
HSK 3
a small-sized Shiba Inu dog (often marketed as "Mame Shiba", not a recognized breed)
recognition / to recognize
HSK 3
to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with
HSK 6
cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
HSK 7-9
to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
HSK 7-9
untiring / not recognizing tiredness
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *认* | 认* | *认
to recognize / to know / to admit
HSK 5
to recognize / to identify
HSK 7-9
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate
to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
HSK 7-9
to appreciate / to recognize the worth of sth / appreciation
(idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively) / unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with / to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
internationally recognized
distinctiveness; identifiability; recognizability
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木, bush or shrub)
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
to see clearly; to recognize; to realize
to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent
while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
character that is difficult to recognize or write
recognized (for one's talents)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辨* | 辨* | *辨
to distinguish / to recognize
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
identification / to identify / to recognize
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship)
the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江, Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江, and Nu River (Salween) 怒江 – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site
fully aware / to recognize fully
officially recognized; genuine; legitimate
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
to recognize talent
China Democratic League, one of the eight legally recognized non-CCP political parties in China (abbr. for 中國民主同盟|中国民主同盟)
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
to recognize people (of babies) / to be able to tell people apart
China Democratic League, one of the eight legally recognized non-CCP political parties in China


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