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To Know: 懂,了解,明白,知道

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ID: 7442 Intermediate
 

In this lesson, we take an in-depth look at 5 words that all roughly translate as "to know". Now we could just simplify your life and say they all basically mean the same thing, but instead, we're gonna bring a microscope into class and really see what the differences are between...

  • S： 懂,了解,明白,知道 & 这样啊
  • T： 懂,了解,明白,知道 & 這樣啊
  • P： dǒng, liǎojiě, míngbái, zhīdào & zhèyàng a

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Tue Jun 13 2017 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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从浅到深排列，大概是“知道、了解、明白、懂（懂得）
cóng qiǎn dào shēn páiliè ， dàgài shì “ zhīdào 、 liǎojiě 、 míngbai 、 dǒng （ dǒngde ）
from shallow to deep, it's probably...
懂（懂得）
dǒng （ dǒngde ）
to understand
我懂你。
wǒ dǒng nǐ 。
I get you.
我懂他的意思。
wǒ dǒng tā de yìsi 。
I get what he means.
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