shi shí

recognize, understand, know

DEFINITIONS

識 shí
  • to know
  • knowledge
  • Taiwan pr. [shi4]
識 zhì
  • to record
  • to write a footnote

WORDS

一丁不 yī dīng bù shí illiterate; ignorant
一字不 yī zì bù shí totally illiterate
一般見 yī bān jiàn shi to lower oneself to sb's level; to argue with sb less well-informed
下意 xià yì shí subconscious mind
不怕不貨,只怕貨比貨 bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb); fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
不怕不貨,就怕貨比貨 bù pà bù shí huò , jiù pà huò bǐ huò lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb); fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
不打不成相 bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship; no discord, no concord
一丁 bù shí yī dīng total illiterate; unable to read the simplest characters
大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom); to fail to grasp the big picture
好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi unable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating
字 bù shí zì illiterate
廬山真面目 bù shì lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; fig. can't see the forest for the trees
抬舉 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
時務 bù shí shí wù to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
時變 bù shí shí biàn to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
泰山 bù shí tài shān can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
高低 bù shí gāo dī can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
世界知產權組織 shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī World Intellectual Property Organization
九二共 jiǔ èr gòng shí 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
似曾相 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted
元語言學意 yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí metalinguistic awareness
光學字符別 guāng xué zì fú shí bié optical character recognition, OCR
公共知分子 gōng gòng zhī shi fèn zǐ public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
gòng shí common understanding; consensus
Previous Next