不知 - bù zhī - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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不知

bù zhī

Definition

not to know
to be ignorant (of)
to not know
不知如何是好

To not know which way to look
to have no idea (of)
to (be) in the dark
(to be) unaware
unknowingly
(fig.) not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

Character Decomposition

Related words (23)

不知不覺

bù zhī bù jué

unconsciously; unwittingly

somehow

one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases

see 不知好歹

whereabouts unknown; gone missing

不知就裡

bù zhī jiù lǐ

unaware of the inner workings; naive; unwitting

whereabouts unknown

to not know what sb is driving at; to be unintelligible

不知疲倦

bù zhī pí juàn

untiring; not recognizing tiredness

不知痛癢

bù zhī tòng yǎng

numb; unfeeling; indifferent; inconsequential

不知羞恥

bù zhī xiū chǐ

to have no sense of shame; brazen

不知其所以然

bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán

not recognized for what it is

不知天高地厚

bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu

not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities

三不知

sān bù zhī

to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end; to know nothing at all

殊不知

shū bù zhī

little imagined; scarcely realized

人事不知

rén shì bù zhī

to have lost consciousness

恬不知恥

tián bù zhī chǐ

to have no sense of shame

known to everybody

omniscient

to be totally oblivious (to sth); to have no idea about sth

人不知鬼不覺

rén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

in absolute secrecy

神不知鬼不覺

shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

top secret; hush-hush

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

Idioms (10)

不知好歹

bù zhī hǎo dǎi

unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions

不知所措

bù zhī suǒ cuò

not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss

不知死活

bù zhī sǐ huó

to act recklessly (idiom)

不知輕重

bù zhī qīng zhòng

(lit.) not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities

不知進退

bù zhī jìn tuì

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

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; worried or downhearted (idiom)

一問三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

(lit.) to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom); (fig.) absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance

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)

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

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