| 释义 |
know verb—知 v (often used) 知道 v 解 v 识 v 认 v Examples:lit. not know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing—The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).—review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)—know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)—lit. hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything—If you don't want anyone know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.—know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules—not know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)—in Qing times, refers Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how—know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information—lit. not know the true face of Lushan Mountain—lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. see only a small piece of the big picture—lit. know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge—love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)—can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what—know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end—epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)—live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off—know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature—lit. reply "don't know" whatever the question [idiom.]—go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path [idiom.]— |