not to know · unaware · unknowingly · fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

bù zhī

b+ù·4th tonezh+ī·1st tone

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I know him by name, but not by sight.

我知道他的名字，但不知道他长什么样。

I don't know when she got married.

我不知道她是什么时候结婚的。

Little Ming still doesn't know where he's going to go next year.

小明还不知道他明年去哪儿。

I don't know, nor do I care.

我不知道，也不想知道。

How come you don't know this?

你怎么会不知道？

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