知機
Chinese
to know; to be aware | machine; opportunity; secret | ||
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trad. (知機) | 知 | 機 | |
simp. (知机) | 知 | 机 |
Pronunciation
Verb
知機
- (literary) to foresee; to prophesy
- (Hokkien, intransitive) to know
- 主上看表就知機 呵老狀元有孝義 [Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 20th century, 《最新烏白蛇放水歌(下冊)》,
- Chú-siōng khòaⁿ piáu chiū chai-ki, O-ló chiōng-goân ū hàu-gī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- His Majesty read the memorial and knew, and praised the principal graduate for having devotion to his parents and loyalty to his friends
主上看表就知机 呵老状元有孝义 [Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 知道 (“to know (something)”) [map]
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