冷暖自知
laang5 nyun5 zi6 zi1 leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1 = self- awareness; lit. the person who drinks it knows best if its hot or cold (Zen proverb)
知道
zi1 dou6*3 zhi1 dao4/5 = to know
我唔知
ngo5 m4 zi1 = "I don't know" 粵
不知道
bat1 zi1 dou6*3 bu4 zhi1 dao4 = do not know 國
唔知道
m4 zi1 dou6*3 m2 zhi1 dao4 = do not know 粵
唔知
m4 zi1 m2 zhi1 = do not know; not sure 粵
未知
mei6 zi1 wei4 zhi1 = unknown
早知
zou2 zi1 = know earlier
知識
zi1 sik1 zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; learning
知名
zi1 ming4 zhi1 ming2 = well known, famous
先知
sin1 zi1 xian1 zhi1 = only then know
知士
zi1 si6*2 = cheese
心知
sam1 zi1 = the mind, intelligence
知己
zi1 gei2 = an intimate friend
唔知幾
m4 zi1 gei2 = extremely (lit. don't know how) 粵
鬼知
gwai2 zi1 = who the hell knows 粵
話我知
waa6 ngo5 zi1 = tell me 粵
不知幾...
bat1 zi1 gei2 bu4 zhi1 ji3 = really..., very..., so... 粵
知錯
zi1 co3 zhi1 cuo4 = be aware of one's errors; acknowledge one's mistakes
知衰
zi1 seoi1 zhi1 shuai1 = be aware and feel sorry for one's shortcomings and faults 粵
皆知
gaai1 zi1 = all aware; everyone knows
不知所謂
bat1 zi1 so2 wai6 bu4 zhi1 suo3 wei4 = clueless 粵
通知
tung1 zi1 tong1 zhi1 = to inform; to notify
唔知醜
m4 zi1 cau2 = shameless 粵
無知
mou4 zi1 wu2 zhi1 = ignorance
無知覺
mou4 zi1 gok3 wu2 zhi1 jue2 = senseless
不知不覺
bat1 zi1 bat1 gok3 bu4 zhi1 bu4 jue2 = unconsciously 國
知覺
zi1 gok3 zhi1 jue2 = perception; consciousness
知性
zi1 sing3 zhi1 xing4 = intellectuality
須知
seoi1 zi1 xu1 zhi1 = need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions
告知
gou3 zi1 = signalled
得知
dak1 zi1 de2 zhi1 = [1] (find out and) know; [2] learn of
知識產權
zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4 zhi1 shi5 chan3 quan2 = intellectual property
認知
jing6 zi1 ren4 zhi1 = acknowledge
預知
jyu6 zi1 yu4 zhi1 = anticipate, foresee
探知
taam3 zi1 = ascertain; detection
明知
ming4 zi1 = deliberately, knowingly; guilty knowledge
知其一不知其二
zi1 kei4 jat1 bat1 zi1 kei4 ji6 = know one-side of the story; knowing half truths 粵
知情
zi1 cing4 = know the inside story
知會
zi1 wui6 zhi1 hui4 = inform, information, bring to notice
係人都知
hai6 jan4 dou1 zi1 = public knowledge 粵
誰不知
seoi4 bat1 zi1 = who doesn't know
知慳識儉
zi1 haan1 sik1 gim6 = thrift 粵
知機
zi1 gei1 = to sense what is coming
不知死活
bat1 zi1 sei2 wut6 bu4 zhi1 si3 huo2 = have no news of person dead or alive; act recklessly
無所不知
mou4 so2 bat1 zi1 wu2 suo3 bu4 zhi1 = pansophism, pansophy, all-knowing
心知肚明
sam1 zi1 tou5 ming4 = "I know in my heart (and in my stomach)..."
我知道
ngo5 zi1 dou6*3 = "I know", "I see"
自己最知自己事
zi6 gei2 zeoi3 zi1 zi6 gei2 si6 zi4 ji3 zui4 zhi1 zi4 ji3 shi4 = one knows oneself best
不得而知
bat1 dak1 ji4 zi1 bu4 de2 er2 zhi1 = unknown; unable to find out 國
不知
bat1 zi1 bu4 zhi1 = unknowing(ly) 國
不知好歹
bat1 zi1 hou2 daai2 bu4 zhi1 hao3 dai3 = not know what's good for one 國
不知所云
bat1 zi1 so2 wan4 bu4 zhi1 suo3 yun2 = not know what sb is driving at; be unintelligible 國
不知天高地厚
bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5 bu4 zhi1 tian1 gao1 di4 hou4 = not know the immensity of heaven and earth - have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities 國
世界知名
sai3 gaai3 zi1 ming4 shi4 jie4 zhi1 ming2 = world famous
沒有知覺
mut6 jau5 zi1 gok3 mei2 you3 zhi1 jue2 = insensible 國
知足
zi1 zuk1 zhi1 zu2 = satisfied; content
技術知識
gei6 seot6 zi1 sik1 ji4 shu4 zhi1 shi5 = technical knowledge
知名人士
zi1 ming4 jan4 si6 zhi1 ming2 ren2 shi4 = celebrity; public figure; well-known person
不知道的
bat1 zi1 dou6*3 dik1 bu4 zhi1 dao4 de5 = unconscious, unknown 國
不知禮的
bat1 zi1 lai5 dik1 bu4 zhi1 li3 de5 = graceless 國
不知疲倦的
bat1 zi1 pei4 gyun6 dik1 bu4 zhi1 pi2 juan4 de5 = tireless 國
不知所措
bat1 zi1 so2 cou3 bu4 zhi1 suo3 cuo4 = be at a loss; be at one's wits' end 國
不知凡幾
bat1 zi1 faan4 gei2 bu4 zhi1 fan2 ji3 = can't tell how many there are - there are numerous similar cases 國
不知何故
bat1 zi1 ho4 gu3 bu4 zhi1 he2 gu4 = [adv] somehow 國
有所不知
jau5 so2 bat1 zi1 you3 suo3 bu4 zhi1 = not to know something
知識份子
zi1 sik1 fan6 zi2 zhi1 shi2 fen4 zi3 = intellectual; learned person; intelligentsia
知識工程師
zi1 sik1 gung1 cing4 si1 zhi1 shi4 gong1 cheng2 shi1 = knowledge worker
背景知識
bui3 ging2 zi1 sik1 bei4 jing3 zhi1 shi5 = [n] cultural background
認知科學
jing6 zi1 fo1 hok6 ren4 zhi1 ke1 xue2 = cognitive science
明知故問
ming4 zi1 gu3 man6 ming2 zhi1 gu4 wen4 = to ask about something one already knows
知識界
zi1 sik1 gaai3 = intelligentsia
三五知己
saam1 ng5 zi1 gei2 = several good friends
普通知識
pou2 tung1 zi1 sik1 = [n] common knowledge
知人口面不知心
zi1 jan4 hau2 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1 = know a person's face, don't know their heart
知到
zi1 dou3 = to be sensible of; to know (orthographic variant of 知道) 粵
以我所知
ji5 ngo5 so2 zi1 yi3 wo3 suo3 zhi1 = From what I know ...
據我所知
geoi3 ngo5 so2 zi1 = From what I know ...
不知所以
bat1 zi1 so2 ji5 bu4 zhi1 suo3 yi3 = perplexed 國
不知羞恥
bat1 zi1 sau1 ci2 bu4 zhi1 xiu1 chi3 = act shamelessly 國
無人不知
mou4 jan4 bat1 zi1 wu2 ren2 bu4 zhi1 = everyone knows 國
可知性
ho2 zi1 sing3 ke3 zhi1 xing4 = [philosophy] knowability
路人皆知
lou6 jan4 gaai1 zi1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 = everybody knows
視為知己
si6 wai4 zi1 gei2 shi4 wei2 zhi1 ji3 = regard as confidant
通知書
tung1 zi1 syu1 tong1 zhi1 shu1 = notice; advice note
愚昧無知
jyu4 mui6 mou4 zi1 yu2 mei4 wu2 zhi1 = ignorant
知識青年
zi1 sik1 cing1 nin4 zhi1 shi2 qing1 nian2 = young intellectual
不說不知
bat1 syut3 bat1 zi1 = not speaking and not knowing 國
不知幾爽
bat1 zi1 gei2 song2 = extremely happy, "you have no idea how great that feels!" 國
不知好笑還是好怒
bat1 zi1 hou2 siu3 waan4 si6 hou2 nou6 = find sth both funny and annoying; unable to laugh or cry at sth
知微
zi1 mei4*1 = disputes over every detail
知微麻利
zi1 mei4*1 maa4 lei6 = selfish, calculating; uses others to one's benefit
唔賭唔知時運高,唔嫖唔知身體好
m4 dou2 m4 zi1 si4 wan6 gou1, m4 piu4 m4 zi1 san1 tai2 hou2 = do not gamble then you don't know how lucky you are, do not go whorring then you don't know your heath is good 粵
不知幾
bat1 zi1 gei2 = extremely (lit. don't know how) 粵
明知故犯
ming4 zi1 gu3 faan6 = commit a crime or mistake on purpose
身在福中不知福
san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1 = when growing up in happiness, don't appreciate what happiness actually is
知足常樂
zi1 zuk1 soeng4 lok6 = if one is happy with what he has, then he will always be happy
年少無知
nin4 siu3 mou4 zi1 = young and ignorant
不知輕重
bat1 zi1 hing1 cung5 bu4 zhi1 qing1 zhong4 = confused (lit., "doesn't know what's light from what's heavy") 國
自知之明
zi6 zi1 zi1 ming4 zi4 zhi1 zhi1 ming2 = to know one-self thoroughly
唔講你唔知
m4 gong2 nei5 m4 zi1 = not speaking and not knowing 粵
唔知好嬲定好笑
m4 zi1 hou2 nau1 ding6 hou2 siu3 = find sth both funny and annoying 粵
食髓知味
sik6 seoi5 zi1 mei6 = Having tasted the marrow, the longing for its savour grows
殊不知
syu4 bat1 zi1 shu1 bu4 zhi1 = little did I know; never did I imagine
缺乏知識
kyut3 fat6 zi1 sik1 = lack of knowledge
知識貧乏
zi1 sik1 pan4 fat6 = lack of knowledge
點知
dim2 zi1 = "for all I know...", "God knows..." 粵
知音
zi1 jam1 zhi1 yin1 = a close friend; a bosom friend; a confidant; one's second self
三不知
saam1 bat1 zi1 san1 bu4 zhi1 = to claim complete ignorance
一問三不知
jat1 man6 saam1 bat1 zi1 = ask a question and one claims complete ignorance 粵
知己知彼
zi1 gei2 zi1 bei2 zhi1 ji3 zhi1 bi3 = know your enemy as you know yourself
知名度
zi1 ming4 dou6 zhi1 ming2 du4 = popularity
唔話你知,等你心思思
m4 waa6 nei5 zi1 dang3 nei5 sam1 si1 si1 wu2 hua4 ni3 zhi1, deng3 ni3 xin1 si1 si1 = I won't tell you, just to cause you mental torment 粵
有早知,冇乞兒
jau5 zou2 zi1, mou5 hat1 ji4*1 you3 zao3 zhi1, mao3 qi3 er2 = if you knew your present outcome earlier you wouldn't have made such a choice 粵
知少少,扮代表
zi1 siu2 siu2, baan6 doi6 biu2 zhi1 shao3 shao3, ban4 dai4 biao3 = describes someone who thinks he's a know-it-all 粵
未知之數
mei6 zi1 zi1 sou3 wei4 zhi1 zhi1 shu4 = uncertain; unkown
知人知面不知心
zi1 jan4 zi1 min6 bat1 zi1 sam1 zhi1 ren2 zhi1 mian4 bu4 zhi1 xin1 = you may know a person's face, yet you don't no his or her heart; it's hard to know sb. true nature
鮮為人知
sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1 xian3 wei2 ren2 zhi1 = not known to many, secret to all but a few
他鄉遇故知
taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1 = run into an old friend in a foreign place
另行通知
ling6 hang4 tung1 zi1 ling4 xing2 tong1 zhi1 = (until) further notice
誰知
seoi4 zi1 shei2 zhi1 = who knows 國
知識淺薄
zi1 sik1 cin2 bok6 zhi1 shi5 qian3 bo2 = to have superficial knowledge
早知今日,何必當初
zou2 zi1 gam1 jat6, ho4 bit1 dong1 co1 zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4, he2 bi4 dang1 chu1 = if you had foresight into today, you wouldn't have to have chosen yesterday's path
知難而退
zi1 naan4 ji4 teoi3 zhi1 nan2 er2 tui4 = to retreat or give up after realizing one is up against unfavourable circumstances
無知婦孺
mou4 zi1 fu5 jyu4 wu2 zhi1 fu4 ru2 = ignorant people
婦孺皆知
fu5 jyu4 gaai1 zi1 fu4 ru2 jie1 zhi1 = a household name; known to everyone both women and child
街知巷聞
gaai1 zi1 hong6 man4 jie1 zhi1 xiang4 wen2 = known to everyone; known and heard of in the streets and alleys
衆所周知
zung3 so2 zau1 zi1 zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1 = as everyone knows
盡人皆知
zeon6 jan4 gaai1 zi1 jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 = known to everyone; well-known
知彼知己,百戰百勝
zi1 bei2 zi1 gei2, baak3 zin3 baak3 sing3 zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3, bai3 zhan4 bai3 sheng4 = know your enemy and yourself and you can win a hundred battles (every battle)
知彼知己,百戰不殆
zi1 bei2 zi1 gei2, baak3 zin3 bat1 toi5 zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3, bai3 zhan4 bu4 dai4 = know your enemy and yourself and you will never lose a battle
良知
loeng4 zi1 liang2 zhi1 = 1. one's conscience 2. intuitive knowledege
詐唔知
zaa3 m4 zi1 zha4 wu2 zhi1 = act like one doesn't know; act ignorant 粵
可想而知
ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1 ke3 xiang3 er2 zhi1 = one may well imagine
點不知
dim2 bat1 zi1 = little did I know; never did I imagine 粵
知法犯法
zi1 faat3 faan6 faat3 zhi1 fa3 fan4 fa3 = know the law but break it anyway
不知上進
bat1 zi1 soeng5 zeon3 bu4 zhi1 shang4 jin4 = have no desire to improve oneself
年幼無知
nin4 jau3 mou4 zi1 nian2 you4 wu2 zhi1 = young and ignorant
溫故知新
wan1 gu3 zi1 san1 wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1 = reflect on the past to know the future; review the old to know the new
知交
zi1 gaau1 zhi1 jiao1 = close friend
唔知死
m4 zi1 sei2 = not know the seriousness of a situation or its consequences 粵
唔知個死字點寫
m4 zi1 go3 sei2 zi6 dim2 se2 = to be oblivious to danger 粵
話知
waa6 zi1 = used to express indifference on the part of the speaker 粵
知錯能改
zi1 co3 nang4 goi2 zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3 = acknowledging one's mistakes is the prerequisite to change
知罪
zi1 zeoi6 zhi1 zui4 = feel convicted of and remorseful for a wrong doing
知情權
zi1 cing4 kyun4 zhi1 qing2 quan2 = right to information; right to know
不知名
bat1 zi1 ming4 bu4 zhi1 ming2 = unknown; nameless
紅顏知己
hung4 ngaan4 zi1 gei2 hong2 yan2 zhi1 ji3 = lady bosom friend
知青
zi1 cing1 zhi1 qing1 = young intellectual
一知半解
jat1 zi1 bun3 gaai2 yi1 zhi1 ban4 jie3 = to have superficial knowledge
不可知論
bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 = agnosticism
不可知論的
bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 dik1 bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 de5 = agnostic 國
不可知論嘅
bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 ge3 bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 ge2 = agnostic 粵
廣播和未知服務器
gwong2 bo3 wo4 mei6 zi1 fuk6 mou6 hei3 guang3 bo1 he2 wei4 zhi1 fu2 wu4 qi4 = Broadcast and Unknown Server (BUS)
未知數
mei6 zi1 sou3 wei4 zhi1 shu4 = [math.] (an) unknown
未知量
mei6 zi1 loeng6 wei4 zhi1 liang4 = [math.] (an) unknown
世界知識產權組織
sai3 gaai3 zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4 zou2 zik1 = World Intellectual Property Organization
高知縣
gou1 zi1 jyun6 = Kochi prefecture (in Japan)
知覺解體
zi1 gok3 gaai2 tai2 zhi1 jue2 jie3 ti3 = [cog sci.] perceptual separability
神不知鬼不覺
san4 bat1 zi1 gwai2 bat1 gok3 shen2 bu4 zhi1 gui3 bu4 jue2 = unknown to god or ghost (do sth in secrecy) 國
俾眾周知
bei2 zung3 zau1 zi1 bi3 zhong4 zhou1 zhi1 = for the information of all
塞翁失馬,焉知非福
coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 jin1 zi1 fei1 fuk1 sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2 = misfortune may be a blessing in disguise
不知悔改
bat1 zi1 fui3 goi2 = impenitent
略知一二
loek6 zi1 jat1 ji6 lve4 zhi1 yi1 er4 = smatter; have a smattering of
知書識墨
zi1 syu1 sik1 mak6 = literate 粵
知書識字
zi1 syu1 sik1 zi6 zhi1 shu1 shi2 zi4 = literate
知子莫若父
zi1 zi2 mok6 yoek6 fu6 zhi1 zi3 mo4 ruo4 fu4 = no one know's a son better than a father
知我莫若你
zi1 ngo5 mok6 yoek6 nei5 zhi1 wo3 mo4 ruo4 ni3 = no one know's me better than you
若要人不知,除非己莫為
jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4 ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1, chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2 = if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong)
知命之年
zi1 ming6 zi1 nin4 zhi1 ming4 zhi1 nian2 = 50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian
知之為知之,不知為不知,是知也
zi1 zi1 wai4 zi1 zi1, bat1 zi1 wai4 bat1 zi1, si6 zi1 yaa5 zhi1 zhi1 wei2 zhi1 zhi1, bu4 zhi1 wei2 bu4 zhi1, shi4 zhi1 ye3 = to admit that you know what you know, and admit what you don't know, that is to really know
認知障礙症
jing6 zi1 zoeng3 ngoi6 zing3 = dementia 粵
知悉
zi1 sik1 zhi1 xi1 = informed of
焉知
jin1 zi1 yan1 zhi1 = how is one to know 國
知錯能改,善莫大焉
zi1 co3 nang4 goi2 sin6 mok6 daai6 jin4 zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3 shan4 mo4 da4 yan1 = nothing is better than to correct one's mistakes
千金難買早知道
cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5 zou2 zi1 dou6*3 qian1 jin1 nan2 mai3 zao3 zhi1 dao4 = if only I would have known earlier 粵
未卜先知
mei6 buk1 sin1 zi1 wei4 bu3 xian1 zhi1 = have foresight; foresee the future
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我唔知邊個送邊度 粵
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.
我唔知你嘅地埗喺邊度。 粵
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]
我都唔知點算 粵
I don't know what to do either.
[[set phrase]]
我唔知食乜。 粵
I don't know what to eat.
唔知點解呢排成日都頭痛呀。 粵
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.
你一有消息就通知我啦。
Once you have the news then let me know.
都唔知你噏乜! 粵
I don't know what you're babbling about!
因為唔知底細,所以暫時叫佢紅鬼 粵
Since we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now.
[Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost.
("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)]
唔好嘈住我啦,唔知有幾多嘢做 粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。 粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]
唔知阿蓮要去唔去。 粵
Not sure whether Ah Lin wants to go or not.
隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味,點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫 粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友,佢一定會幫我影好多靚相,殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
唔知喺大陸被捉通姦會唔會打靶嘅呵 粵
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.
若要人不知除非己莫為
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.
真係住得背,而家先知佢移民咗! 粵
I am really not well informed. It is now that I learn he has migrated.
而家啲細路真係身在福中不知福! 粵
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.
佢住喺座山度,不知幾咁隔涉,連車都行唔到 粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.
鬼知佢尋晚去咗邊。 粵
Who (the hell) knows where he went last night.
[as in "I don't know where he went last night"]
[邊 is short for 邊度]
唔知佢揗咗去邊度。 粵
We don't know where he has wandered off to.
見到你頭先嘅樣,我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦 粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook.
[Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]
你哋遲早會知,我都唔需要隱瞞 粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.
我哋連佢咩動機都唔知道呀 粵
We don't even know what his motive is.
[Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]
我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫,唔知發生咩事 粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]
唔知點解佢要搵你算賬。 粵
I don't know why he has a bone to pick with you.
[[literal] Don't know why he has to with you settle accounts. ]
學校咁大﹐唔知去邊度搵佢至啱。 粵
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.
[唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]
年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。 粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。 粵
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money.
[The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.]
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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