"致知" meaning in Chinese

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Investigate the nature of things, pursue knowledge, act in good faith, rectify one's mind, cultivate one's moral character, manage one's household, administer state affairs and bring peace to the nation.",
          "ref": "格物、致知、誠意、正心、修身、齊家、治國、平天下。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "格物、致知、诚意、正心、修身、齐家、治国、平天下。 [MSC, simp.]\nGéwù, zhìzhī, chéngyì, zhèngxīn, xiūshēn, qíjiā, zhìguó, píngtiānxià. [Pinyin]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pursue knowledge"
      ],
      "id": "en-致知-zh-verb-DY346Soz",
      "links": [
        [
          "pursue",
          "pursue"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to pursue knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhìzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhìzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhìhjhih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih⁴-chih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̀-jr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyhjy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжичжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžičži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "致知"
}

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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Investigate the nature of things, pursue knowledge, act in good faith, rectify one's mind, cultivate one's moral character, manage one's household, administer state affairs and bring peace to the nation.",
          "ref": "格物、致知、誠意、正心、修身、齊家、治國、平天下。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "格物、致知、诚意、正心、修身、齐家、治国、平天下。 [MSC, simp.]\nGéwù, zhìzhī, chéngyì, zhèngxīn, xiūshēn, qíjiā, zhìguó, píngtiānxià. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pursue knowledge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pursue",
          "pursue"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to pursue knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhìzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhìzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhìhjhih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih⁴-chih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̀-jr̄"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "jyhjy"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжичжи"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžičži"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "致知"
}