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zhi1
R#:111 R: Strokes:3,8 Wade/Giles:chih1 Freq:12
to know, to perceive, to be aware of, to understand
Legge: To know, to understand. Sometimes=to acknowledge, i.e. to know and approve or employ. Knowledge.

Wieger: #131E, The knowledge that makes a man able to give an kou3 opinion upon a subject, with the rapidity and precision of an shi3 arrow hitting the mark.


H1L6, COTD, zhi1 de2 er2 bu4 zhi1sang4

literally, "know gain but not know loss"

Blofeld: "knows how to advance but not how to retreat"

Wilhelm: "knows something about winning but nothing about losing."


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