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zhī ㄓ (1): 知道，懂得。 Know, understand.
| 《·》: | 知，闻、说、亲，名、实、合、为。 | | Zhi (know). By hearsay, by explanation, by personal experience. The name, the object, how to relate, how to act. | | 《·》: | 知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。 | | When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge. | | 《·》: | 梁惠王曰：“晋国，天下莫强焉，叟之所知也。” | | King Hui of Liang said, 'There was not in the nation a stronger State than Jin, as you, venerable Sir, know.' | | 《·》: | 啮缺问乎王倪曰：“子知物之所同是乎？” | | Nie Que asked Wang Ni, saying, 'Do you know, Sir, what all creatures agree in approving and affirming?' | | 《》: | 天下皆知美之为美，斯恶已。 | | All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is. | | 《·》: | 是曰既醉、不知其秩。 | | Thus when they have too mcuh, They lose all sense of orderliness. |
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zhī ㄓ (2): 知觉。 Perception.
| 《·》: | 水火有气而无生，草木有生而无知，禽兽有知而无义，人有气、有生、有知，亦且有义，故最为天下贵也。 |
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zhī ㄓ (3.1): 认识。 Recognize.
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zhī ㄓ (3.2): 知识。 Knowledge.
| 《·》: | 诲女知之乎？ | | Shall I teach you what knowledge is? | | 《》: | 常使民无知无欲。 | | He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire. | | 《·》: | 两小儿笑曰：“孰为汝多知乎？” |
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zhī ㄓ (4): 了解。 Know about, make sense of.
| 《·》: | 人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？ | | Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him? | | 《·》: | 君子闻之，曰：“宋宣公可谓知人矣，立其弟以成义，然卒其子复享之。” | | 《》: | 曰，先君舍与夷而立寡人，寡人弗敢忘，若以大夫之灵，得保首领以没，先君若问与夷，其将何辞以对，请子奉之，以主社稷，寡人虽死，亦无悔焉，对曰，群臣愿奉冯也，公曰，不可，先君以寡人为贤，使主社稷，若弃德不让，是废先君之举也，岂曰能贤，光昭先君之令德，可不务乎，吾子其无废先君之功，使公子冯出居于郑，八月，庚辰，宋穆公卒，殇公即位，君子曰，宋宣公可谓知人矣，立穆公，其子飨之，命以义夫，商颂曰，殷受命咸宜，百禄是荷，其是之谓乎。 |
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zhī ㄓ (5): 相知，交好。 Be friendly with.
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zhī ㄓ (6): 主持，掌管。 Control, get on top of.
| 《·》: | 申侯伯如郑，阿郑君之心，先为其所欲，三年而知郑国之政也，五月而郑人杀之。 |
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zhì ㄓˋ (7): 智慧。后作“智”。 Wisdom.
| 《·》: | 其仁如天，其知如神。 | | His benevolence was like that of heaven, and his wisdom that of a god. | | 《·》: | 其仁如天，其知如神。 |
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