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Mandarin: zheng1
open (the eyes) | [antonym] 閉
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睜眉突眼
Mandarin: zheng1 mei2 tu2 yan3
Simplified: 睁眉突眼
to glare at with eyes wide open
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睜開
Mandarin: zheng1 kai1
to open the eyes
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Mandarin: yi4
Simplified: 𠬤
an alternative form for 澤, a type of herb | # adapted from cc-cedict
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Mandarin: jie2
eyelash
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Mandarin: jie2
eyelashes | # adapted from cc-cedict
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Mandarin: cheng1
stare at sth beyond reach | wide-eyed | # adapted from cc-cedict
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Mandarin: zhan1
to gaze | to view | to look up | forward | regard respectifully | # adapted from cc-cedict
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瞻仰
Mandarin: zhan1yang3
(verb) Viewing (or called visitation to a decedent in funeral)
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瞻前顧後
Mandarin: zhan1 qian2 gu4 hou4
to look forward and back; to consider prudently; overcautious
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Mandarin: zhu3
Simplified: 瞩
to gaze at | to stare at | to focus eyes on | to watch carefully | # adapted from cc-cedict
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矚目
Mandarin: zhu3 mu4
Simplified: 瞩目
eye-catching
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Mandarin: zhi1
an alternative form for 智,wisdom | # adapted from cc-cedict
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Mandarin: zhi1
to know; to be aware of
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知事
Mandarin: zhi1 shi4
know the things; governor; thoughtful; sensible
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知交
Mandarin: zhi1 jiao1
close friend
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知人口面不知心
Mandarin: zhi1 ren2 kou3 mian4 bu4 zhi1 xin1
(proverb) people cannot understand others from the person's appearance
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知人知面不知心
Mandarin: 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 [also] [粵]人心隔肚皮 ; 知人口面不知心
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知其一,不知其二
Mandarin: zhi1 qi2 yi1 , bu4 zhi1 qi2 er4
(slang) someone knows one-side of a story, s | he only knows half of the truth
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知其一不知其二
Cantonese
know one-side of the story; knowing half truths
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知到
Mandarin: zhi1 dao4
understand (acknowledging)
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知名
Mandarin: zhi1 ming2
well known, famous
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知名人士
Mandarin: zhi1 ming2 ren2 shi4
celebrity; public figure; well-known person
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知名度
Mandarin: zhi1 ming2 du4
popularity; notability
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知命之年
Mandarin: zhi1 ming4 zhi1 nian2
(noun) quinquagenarian; 50 years old
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知唔知個死字點寫
Mandarin: zhi1 n2 zhi1 ge4 si3 zi4 dian3 xie3
Simplified: 知唔知个死字点写
Cantonese
are you tired of life? (used as a threat) [colloquial]
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知唔知個醜字點寫
Mandarin: zhi1 n2 zhi1 ge4 chou3 zi4 dian3 xie3
Simplified: 知唔知个丑字点写
Cantonese
have you no shame? [colloquial]
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知唔知埞呀
Mandarin: zhi1 n2 zhi1 di3 ya5
Cantonese
do you know what you are doing (said in a hostile tone) [colloquial]
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知啲唔知啲
Mandarin: zhi1 di1 n2 zhi1 di1
Cantonese
(slang) knowing a part of a story | a situation but not all; knowing a little bit of a story | an event | a situation but not all
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知埞
Mandarin: zhi1 di3
to know what one is doing; to understand the rules of the game [colloquial]
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