不知 bùzhī
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bùzhī
verb
do not know
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不知道 (CC-CEDICT '不知'; Guoyu '不知' 1) -
bùzhī
adverb
unknowingly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不知道 (CC-CEDICT '不知'; Guoyu '不知' 2)
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- 不知底细(不知底細) unaware of details
- 不知所以 to not know the reason; to not know what to do
- 不知所措 not knowing what to do
- 不知进退(不知進退) not knowing when to come or leave; with no sense of propriety
- 不知羞耻(不知羞恥) to have no sense of shame; brazen
- 不知丁董 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong; unheeding the lessons of the past
- 不知羞 to have no sense of shame
- 人而无信，不知其可(人而無信，不知其可) if a person is not trustworthy, I do not know how they can get on
- 恬不知耻(恬不知恥) to have no sense of shame
- 三不知 to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end; to know nothing at all
- 诈作不知(詐作不知) feigned ignorance
- 不知利害 to not know advantages and disadvantages
- 食不知味 eat without tasting the food; downhearted
- 人不知而不愠(人不知而不慍) to feel no displeasure when people take no notice of you
- 蟪蛄不知春秋 short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; to see only a small piece of the big picture
- 人事不知 to have lost consciousness
- 不知道 do not know
- 知人知面不知心 one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature
- 不知者不罪 One who does not know is not guilty
- 不知天高地厚 not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
- 不知就里(不知就裡) unaware of the inner workings; naive; unwitting
- 浑然不知(渾然不知) to be totally oblivious (to sth); to have no idea about sth
- 不知疲倦 untiring; not recognizing tiredness
- 饱汉不知饿汉饥(飽漢不知餓漢飢) The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer .
- 不知痛痒(不知痛癢) numb; unfeeling; indifferent; inconsequential
- 不知死活 to act recklessly
- 一部二十四史，不知从何说起(一部二十四史，不知從何說起) It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
- 无所不知(無所不知) omniscient
- 不知何故 somehow
- 迷不知返 to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path
- 不知不觉(不知不覺) unconsciously; unwittingly
- 知之为知之，不知为不知(知之為知之，不知為不知) When you know a thing, to hold that you know it and when you do not know a thing, to admit that you do not know it.
- 神不知鬼不觉(神不知鬼不覺) top secret; hush-hush
- 不知凡几(不知凡幾) one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases
- 只知其一，不知其二 to know the first, but not know the second; only partial information
- 不知好歹 to not know what is good for oneself; to not know good from evil
- 无人不知(無人不知) known to everybody
- 身在福中不知福 to live in plenty without appreciating it; not to know when one is well off
- 知其然而不知其所以然 to know that it is so but not why it is so
- 一问三不知(一問三不知) to reply don't know whatever the question; absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance
- 不当家不知柴米贵(不當家不知柴米貴) a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is
- 岂不知(豈不知) Did you not know?
- 人不知鬼不觉(人不知鬼不覺) in absolute secrecy
- 饱人不知饿人饥(飽人不知餓人飢) The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer .
- 不知所之 whereabouts unknown
- 不知轻重(不知輕重) not knowing what's important; no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities
- 不知所云 to not know what somebody is saying; to be unintelligible
- 宁不知倾城与倾国(寧不知傾城與傾國) But not knowing that cities and states are overthrown
- 若要人不知，除非己莫为(若要人不知，除非己莫為) If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it . If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
- 不知去向 whereabouts unknown; gone missing
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- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 31
- 卷二百〇三 志第一百五十六 藝文二 Volume 203 Treatises 156: Arts and Literature 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 23
- 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 22
- 卷第二 黃帝篇 Chapter 2: The Yellow Emperor Liezi 列子 — count: 20
- 卷二百〇四 志第一百五十七 藝文三 Volume 204 Treatises 157: Arts and Literature 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
- 《知北遊》 Knowledge Rambling in the North Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 19
- 卷十三 氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 19
- 卷二十一 要略 Chapter 21: Summary Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 18
- 《盡心章句上》 Commentary on Jin Xin I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 17
Collocations
- 不知礼 (不知禮) 孰不知禮 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 6
- 不可不知 (不可不知) 不可不知也 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 4. 《里仁》 Li Ren — count: 4
- 人不知 (人不知) 穀人不知 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3
- 不知手 (不知手) 不知手之舞之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
- 不知命 (不知命) 不知命也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧蝃蝀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Di Dong — count: 3
- 不识不知 (不識不知) 不識不知 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi — count: 3
- 其所不知 (其所不知) 王欲敖叔向以其所不知而不能 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
- 妾不知 (妾不知) 買妾不知其姓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
- 不知天命 (不知天命) 爾亦不知天命不易 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 3
- 不可以不知 (不可以不知) 不可以不知人 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — count: 2