知音
zhī yīn
Pinyin

Definition

知音
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zhī yīn
  1. intimate friend
  2. soul mate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

知
zhī
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to be aware
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
声音
shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
音乐
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],曲[qǔ],段[duàn]
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
不知不觉
bù zhī bù jué
  1. 1 unconsciously
  2. 2 unwittingly
不知所措
bù zhī suǒ cuò
  1. 1 not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
  2. 2 embarrassed and at a complete loss
低音
dī yīn
  1. 1 bass
口音
kǒu yīn
  1. 1 oral speech sounds (linguistics)
告知
gào zhī
  1. 1 to inform
嗓音
sǎng yīn
  1. 1 voice
噪音
zào yīn
  1. 1 rumble
  2. 2 noise
  3. 3 static (in a signal)
影音
yǐng yīn
  1. 1 recorded media (CD and DVD)
  2. 2 sound and movies
得知
dé zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to learn about
感知
gǎn zhī
  1. 1 perception
  2. 2 awareness
拼音
pīn yīn
  1. 1 phonetic writing
  2. 2 pinyin (Chinese romanization)
收音机
shōu yīn jī
  1. 1 radio
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
早知
zǎo zhī
  1. 1 foresight
  2. 2 foreknowledge
  3. 3 if one had known earlier,...
明知
míng zhī
  1. 1 to be fully aware of
  2. 2 to know perfectly well
未知
wèi zhī
  1. 1 unknown

Idioms (20)

一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一无所知
yī wú suǒ zhī
  1. 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
  2. 2 without an inkling
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
  1. 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
  3. 3 a straw in the wind
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
不知丁董
bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
  1. 1 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
  2. 2 unheeding the lessons of the past
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不知所措
bù zhī suǒ cuò
  1. 1 not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
  2. 2 embarrassed and at a complete loss
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
只知其一，不知其二
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr
  1. 1 to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
妇孺皆知
fù rú jiē zhī
  1. 1 understood by everyone (idiom); well known
  2. 2 a household name
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
愚昧无知
yú mèi wú zhī
  1. 1 stupid and ignorant (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我的妻子，他是世上最好的女人，它不仅贤惠、聪明，更是我的知音。
wǒ de qīzi ，tā shì shìshàng zuì hǎo de nǚrén ，tā bùjǐn xiánhuì 、cōngming ，gèng shì wǒ de zhīyīn 。
My wife, she's the best woman in the world. She's not only a real lady and very intelligent, she's also my best friend.
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你的建议真不错。我今天真是遇到了知音了。对了，你有听说过“聪明人说有，笨蛋说没有”的故事吗？
nǐ de jiànyì zhēn bùcuò 。wǒ jīntiān zhēnshì yùdào le zhīyīn le 。duìle ，nǐ yǒu tīngshuō guo “cōngmingrén shuō yǒu ，bèndàn shuō méiyǒu ”de gùshi ma ？
Your advice is right on. I've really run into someone who understands me today. Oh, right-- have you heard the story about how smart people say they have, and stupid people say they haven't?
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你真了解我，不愧是我的知音。你看，我这条裙子就是今年最流行的高腰设计，不错吧？
nǐ zhēn liǎojiě wǒ ，bùkuì shì wǒ de zhīyīn 。nǐ kàn ，wǒ zhè tiáo qúnzi jiùshì jīnnián zuì liúxíng de gāoyāo shèjì ，bùcuò ba ？
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