不知

bù zhī

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Definitions

  1. 1. not to know
  2. 2. unaware
  3. 3. unknowingly
  4. 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

Example Sentences

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不知 道。
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不知 ,鬼不覺。
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不知 道這個問題?
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Words Containing 不知

不知不觉
bù zhī bù jué

unconsciously

一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī

lit. to reply \don't know\ whatever the question (idiom)

一部二十四史,不知从何说起
yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

三不知
sān bù zhī

to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end

不知丁董
bù zhī dīng dǒng

forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)

不知何故
bù zhī hé gù

somehow

不知凡几
bù zhī fán jǐ

one can't tell how many

不知利害
bù zhī lì hài

see 不知好歹[bù zhī hǎo dǎi]

不知去向
bù zhī qù xiàng

whereabouts unknown

不知天高地厚
bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu

not to know the immensity of heaven and earth

不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi

unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)

不知就里
bù zhī jiù lǐ

unaware of the inner workings

不知所之
bù zhī suǒ zhī

whereabouts unknown

不知所云
bù zhī suǒ yún

to not know what sb is driving at

不知所以
bù zhī suǒ yǐ

to not know the reason

不知所措
bù zhī suǒ cuò

not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end

不知所谓
bù zhī suǒ wèi

nonsense

不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó

to act recklessly (idiom)

不知疲倦
bù zhī pí juàn

untiring

不知痛痒
bù zhī tòng yǎng

numb

不知羞耻
bù zhī xiū chǐ

to have no sense of shame

不知者不罪
bù zhī zhě bù zuì

One who does not know is not guilty

不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng

lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things

不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì

not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety

人不知鬼不觉
rén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

in absolute secrecy

人事不知
rén shì bù zhī

to have lost consciousness

只知其一,不知其二
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr

to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information

恬不知耻
tián bù zhī chǐ

to have no sense of shame

殊不知
shū bù zhī

little imagined

浑然不知
hún rán bù zhī

to be totally oblivious (to sth)

无人不知
wú rén bù zhī

known to everybody

无所不知
wú suǒ bù zhī

omniscient

知人知面不知心
zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn

one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)

知其然而不知其所以然
zhī qí rán ér bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán

to know that it is so but not why it is so (idiom)

神不知鬼不觉
shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

top secret

若要人不知,除非己莫为
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

蟪蛄不知春秋
huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū

lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture

身在福中不知福
shēn zài fú zhōng bù zhī fú

to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off

迷不知返
mí bù zhī fǎn

to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)

食不知味
shí bù zhī wèi

lit. to eat without tasting the food

饱人不知饿人饥
bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).