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知書識字
  zi1 syu1 sik1 zi6   jyutping
  zhi1 shu1 shi2 zi4   pinyin
literate (lit., "to understand the book is to know the characters") | var: 知書識墨

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
知書識字 / 知书识字

This word has been viewed 1281 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 24th Jul 2009 18:28 and last edited on 24th Jul 2009 19:49
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Characters in this word:

 zi1 zi3  -  know; knowledge; inform
 syu1  -  book; writings
 sik1 zi3  -  know; remember
 zi6  -  word; glyph
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