明知
míng zhī
Pinyin

Definition

明知
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míng zhī
  1. to be fully aware of
  2. to know perfectly well

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
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]
不明
bù míng
  1. 1 not clear
  2. 2 unknown
  3. 3 to fail to understand
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
光明
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
分明
fēn míng
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 evidently
  4. 4 clearly
告知
gào zhī
  1. 1 to inform
天明
tiān míng
  1. 1 dawn
  2. 2 daybreak
姚明
Yáo Míng
  1. 1 Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
孔明灯
kǒng míng dēng
  1. 1 sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
得知
dé zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to learn about
文明
wén míng
  1. 1 civilized
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 culture
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
早知
zǎo zhī
  1. 1 foresight
  2. 2 foreknowledge
  3. 3 if one had known earlier,...
昆明
Kūn míng
  1. 1 Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
明
Míng
  1. 1 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  2. 2 surname Ming
  3. 3 Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

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
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
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
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
  1. 1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words

Sample Sentences

明知山有虎，偏向虎山行，如果中文说得不好，用英文学习就好了。
míngzhīshānyǒuhǔ,piānxiànghǔshānxíng ，rúguǒ Zhōngwén shuō de bùhǎo ，yòng Yīngwén xuéxí jiù hǎo le 。
Take the bull by the horns. If you can't speak Chinese well, using English to learn is fine.
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明知山有虎，偏向虎山行。真是有勇气啊！
míngzhīshānyǒuhǔ,piānxiànghǔshānxíng 。zhēnshi yǒu yǒngqì a ！
Take the bull by the horns. He's so brave!
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你明知道是这样，还失什么恋？
nǐ míng zhīdào shì zhèyàng ，hái shī shénme liàn ？
So if you know all this why did you fall out of love?
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我明知我已离不开你，
wǒ míngzhī wǒ yǐ líbukāi nǐ ，
Even though I know I can't leave you,
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真受不了你，刚才还说自己是不迷信的，一转眼听到好话就信了？明知道这些都是没有科学根据的说法。
zhēn shòubuliǎo nǐ ，gāngcái hái shuō zìjǐ shì bù míxìn de ，yīzhuǎnyǎn tīngdào hǎohuà jiù xìn le ？míngzhīdào zhèxiē dōu shì méiyǒu kēxué gēnjù de shuōfa 。
I can't stand you! Just then you said you don't believe in superstitions. But then you hear something nice, and now you do? You clearly know that these explanations don't have a basis in science.
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明知道要乘飞机，就要早点出发。
míng zhīdào yào chéng fēijī ，jiù yào zǎo diǎn chūfā 。
If you knew you had to catch a plane, you should have left a little earlier.
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