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To Know: 懂,了解,明白,知道

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ID: 7442 Intermediate

In this lesson, we take an in-depth look at 5 words that all roughly translate as "to know". Now we could just simplify your life and say they all basically mean the same thing, but instead, we're gonna bring a microscope into class and really see what the differences are between...

S： 懂,了解,明白,知道 & 这样啊 T： 懂,了解,明白,知道 & 這樣啊 P： dǒng, liǎojiě, míngbái, zhīdào & zhèyàng a

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Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
从浅到深排列大概是知道了解明白懂懂得
cóng 从qiǎn 浅dào 到shēn 深páiliè 排列dàgài 大概shì 是zhīdào 知道liǎojiě 了解míngbai 明白dǒng 懂dǒngde 懂得
from shallow to deep, it's probably...
懂懂得
dǒng 懂dǒngde 懂得
to understand
我懂你
wǒ 我dǒng 懂nǐ 你
I get you.
我懂他的意思
wǒ 我dǒng 懂tā de 他的yìsi 意思
I get what he means.
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