明知
ming4 zi1míng zhī
English
- to be fully aware of
- to know perfectly well
- to know perfectly well; to be fully aware
粵語 — Cantonese
- 好清楚咁知道一啲嘢;通常講一啲知道咗會改變人嘅決定嘅嘢
Examples
明知山有虎,別去明知山。
Knowing That the Mountain has tigers, so don't go to Knowing That the Mountain.
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你明知佢係咁衰嘅,你都仲信佢?
You know full well that he's so mean, yet you still trusted him?
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk