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知己

zhī jǐ
HSK 7freq #12989

Meanings

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zhī jǐ
  1. 1.to know oneself
  2. 2.to be intimate or close
  3. 3.intimate friend

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.intimate friend; close friend
  2. 2.to know oneself; to be intimate with oneself
  3. 3.to be aware of one's duty

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Stroke order

Components

知矢口
己匚㇟

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Characters

知己

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Synonyms

友好同袍執友执友好友相知知交知友知心知心朋友知言知遇知音良朋良知高朋齒輪齿轮

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Derived terms

叨在知己天涯知己紅粉知己红粉知己酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多 / 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多風塵知己风尘知己士為知己者死士为知己者死知己知彼知己話知己话知彼知己

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Related words

红颜知己 close female friend知己知彼 know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])视为知己 to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")蓝颜知己 close male friend酒逢知己千杯少 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)知彼知己，百战不殆 knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")知己知彼，百战不殆 know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])海内存知己，天涯若比邻 close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart