知非 zhīfēi
zhīfēi
phrase
to acknowledge a mistake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '知非', p. 129)
Contained in
- 塞翁失马安知非福(塞翁失馬安知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
- 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
- 卷五 非攻上 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War I Mozi 墨子 — count: 2
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷五十一 列傳第四十一 梁宗室上 Volume 51 Biographies 41: The Liang Imperial Family 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 2
- 卷十三 本紀第十三: 德宗下 Volume 13 Annals 13: Dezong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷五十五 章帝八王傳 Volume 55: Biographies of Eight Princes of Emperor Zhang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 卷六十 唐書36: 列傳12 李襲吉 王緘 李敬義 盧汝弼 李德休 蘇循 Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12 - Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 2
- 卷二百六十一 列傳第二十 李瓊 郭瓊 陳承昭 李萬超 白重贊 王仁鎬 陳思讓 焦繼勳 劉重進 袁彥 祁廷訓 張鐸 李萬全 田景咸 王暉 Volume 261 Biographies 20: Li Qiong, Guo Qiong, Chen Chengzhao, Li Wanchao, Bai Zhongzan, Wang Rengao, Chen Sirang, Jiao Jixun, Liu Zhongjin, Yuan Yuan, Qi Tingxun, Zhang Duo, Li Wanquan, Tian Jingxian, Wang Hui History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷98 島夷蕭道成 島夷蕭衍 Volume 98: Xiao Daocheng of the Daoyi People, Xiaoyan of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
Collocations
- 知非常人 (知非常人) 而見光武知非常人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十六 鄧寇列傳 Volume 16: Biographies of Deng, Kou — count: 10
- 诚知非 (誠知非) 誠知非宋朝之美 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十九 列傳第十九 殷淳 張暢 何偃 江智淵 Volume 59 Biographies 19: Yin Chun, Zhang Chang, He Yan, Jiang Zhiyuan — count: 5
- 宁知非 (寧知非) 寧知非末 — Book of Chen 陳書, 卷三十 列傳第二十四: 蕭濟 陸瓊 顧野王 傅縡 Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai — count: 4
- 知非仆 (知非僕) 何用知非仆耶 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai — count: 3
- 固知非 (固知非) 固知非始今日 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷78 孫紹 張普惠 Volume 78: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui — count: 3
- 知非福 (知非福) 何知非福 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong — count: 3
- 知非本心 (知非本心) 當時見者亦知非本心 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷15 昭成子孫 Volume 15: Shancheng's (Tuoba Shiyijian) Children and Grandchildren — count: 3
- 知非藩 (知非藩) 知非藩上 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十五 列傳第五 王鎮惡 檀韶 向靖 劉懷慎 劉粹 Volume 45 Biographies 5: Wang Zhen E, Tan Shao, Xiang Jing, Liu Huaishen, Liu Cui — count: 2
- 知非一 (知非一) 蓋由相知非一事一物 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao — count: 2
- 知非帝 (知非帝) 之儀知非帝旨 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷40 列傳第32 尉遲運 王軌 宇文神舉 宇文孝伯 顏之儀 Volume 40 Biographies 32: Wei Chiyun; Wang Gui; Yuwen Xiaoju; Yuwen Xiaobo; Yan Zhiyi — count: 2