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- perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses)
- to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
- public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) (abbr. for 公共知識分子|公共知识分子[gong1 gong4 zhi1 shi5 fen4 zi3])
Trad. 認知
- cognition
- cognitive
- understanding
- perception
- awareness
- to be cognizant of
- to recognize
- to realize
- Zhihu, Chinese Q&A website modeled on Quora, at zhihu.com, launched in Jan 2011
- not to know
- unaware
- unknowingly
- fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2])
Trad. 未知數
- unknown number
- (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
- to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end
- to know nothing at all
Trad. 可知論
- gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
Trad. 日知錄
- Rizhilu or Record of daily study, by early Confucian philosopher Gu Yanwu 顧炎武|顾炎武
Trad. 據我所知
- as far as I know
- to the best of my knowledge
Trad. 後知後覺
- to realize in hindsight; to realize belatedly; to be late to the party
Trad. 邪知邪見
- false wisdom and erroneous views (Buddhism)
Trad. 眾所週知
- variant of 眾所周知|众所周知[zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1]
Trad. 識微知著
- see 見微知著|见微知著[jian4 wei1 zhi1 zhu4]
- (idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight
Trad. 溫故知新
- to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
- to recall the past to understand the future
Trad. 視微知著
- see 見微知著|见微知著[jian4 wei1 zhi1 zhu4]
Trad. 不為人知
- not known to anyone
- secret
- unknown
- instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
- innate moral sense
Trad. 視為知己
- to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence
Trad. 預備知識
- background knowledge
- prerequisite
Trad. 未知數兒
- erhua variant of 未知數|未知数[wei4 zhi1 shu4]
Trad. 大先知書
- the biblical books of the prophets
- lit. to eat without tasting the food
- worried or downhearted (idiom)
Trad. 明知故問
- (idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
Trad. 一葉知秋
- lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
- fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
- a straw in the wind
- deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
- (idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
- (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
Trad. 知冷知熱
- to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom)
- to be very considerate
- know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
- see 如人飲水，冷暖自知|如人饮水，冷暖自知[ru2 ren2 yin3 shui3 , leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1]
- to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
- forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
- unheeding the lessons of the past
Trad. 不知不覺
- (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
Trad. 知情達理
- see 通情達理|通情达理[tong1 qing2 da2 li3]
Trad. 知慳識儉
- (idiom) to know how to be economical
Trad. 不知凡幾
- one can't tell how many
- numerous similar cases
Trad. 知易行難
- easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom)
- easier said than done
Trad. 知書達理
- educated and well-balanced (idiom)
- unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
- not to know what's good for one
- unable to recognize others' good intentions
Trad. 不知就裡
- unaware of the inner workings
- naive
- unwitting
- to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
- to not know what sb is driving at
- to be unintelligible
- (idiom) to not know the reason
- (idiom) to not know what to do
Trad. 鮮為人知
- rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown
- secret to all but a few
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
- embarrassed and at a complete loss
Trad. 不知所謂
- nonsense
- nonsensical
- incomprehensible
- to make no sense
Trad. 不知痛癢
- numb
- unfeeling
- indifferent
- inconsequential
Trad. 知識份子
- variant of 知識分子|知识分子[zhi1 shi5 fen4 zi3]
Trad. 不知輕重
- lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- naive
- doesn't know who's who
- no sense of priorities
Trad. 不知進退
- not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
Trad. 知識產權
- intellectual property rights (law)
Trad. 知識青年
- 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)
Trad. 知足常樂
- satisfied with what one has (idiom)
- lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom)
- patronage
- protection
Trad. 知過改過
- to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
Trad. 知錯能改
- to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
Trad. 知難而退
- 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
- to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
Trad. 擴散周知
- to let everyone know
- spread the word!
Trad. 鑒往知來
- to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
- understood by everyone (idiom); well known
- a household name
- to notify at a different time
- to notify later
- to give prior notice
Trad. 婦孺皆知
- understood by everyone (idiom); well known
- a household name
Trad. 見微知著
- (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
Trad. 自知理虧
- to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
Trad. 渾然不知
- to be totally oblivious (to sth)
- to have no idea about sth
Trad. 盡人皆知
- known by everyone (idiom); well known
- a household name
- to get back on the right path
- to mend one's ways
Trad. 聞一知十
- lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything
- a word to the wise