知道zhī dào和hé认识rèn shi ▸ 

▸ 本běn：这zhè不bú是shì“五月天wǔ yuè tiān”吗ma？我wǒ认识rèn shi他们tā men。

Ben: Isn’t that “Mayday”? I know them!

▸ 小雨xiǎo yǔ：你nǐ认识rèn shi五月天wǔ yuè tiān？你nǐ见jiàn过guò他们tā men吗ma？

Little Yu: You know Mayday? Have you met them?

▸ 本běn：没有méi yǒu。但dàn我wǒ喜欢xǐ huan听tīng他们tā men的de歌gē。

Ben: No. But I like to listen to their music.

▸ 小雨xiǎo yǔ：啊a，那nà你nǐ只zhǐ能néng说shuō“我wǒ知道zhī dào五月天wǔ yuè tiān”，不bù能néng说shuō“我wǒ认识rèn shi五月天wǔ yuè tiān”。

Little Yu: Ah, then you can only say “I know of Mayday”, you can’t say “I know Mayday”.

▸ 本běn：为什么wèi shén me？

Ben: Why?

▸ 小雨xiǎo yǔ：五月天wǔ yuè tiān不bù知道zhī dào你nǐ吧ba？

Little Yu: Mayday don’t know who you are, right?

▸ 本běn：不bù知道zhī dào啊a，但dàn我wǒ知道zhī dào他们tā men。

Ben: No, but I know who they are.

▸ 小雨xiǎo yǔ：那nà就jiù对duì了le。你nǐ知道zhī dào五月天wǔ yuè tiān，五月天wǔ yuè tiān也yě知道zhī dào你nǐ，那nà就jiù是shì“你们nǐ men认识rèn shi”。

Little Yu: Then that’s correct. If you know Mayday and they know you, then you “know each other”.

▸ 你nǐ知道zhī dào五月天wǔ yuè tiān，但是dàn shì五月天wǔ yuè tiān不bù知道zhī dào你nǐ，那nà就jiù不bù能néng用yòng“认识rèn shi”，只zhǐ能néng用yòng“知道zhī dào”。

If you know of Mayday, but Mayday don’t know you, then you can’t use “renshi”, but have to use “zhidao”.

▸ 你nǐ只zhǐ能néng说shuō“我wǒ知道zhī dào五月天wǔ yuè tiān”。

You can only say “I know of Mayday”.

▸ 本běn：我wǒ知道zhī dào了le。我wǒ认识rèn shi小雨xiǎo yǔ，小雨xiǎo yǔ也yě认识rèn shi我wǒ。

Ben: I see. I know Little Yu, and Little Yu knows me.

▸ 我wǒ不bú认识rèn shi五月天wǔ yuè tiān，因为yīn wèi五月天wǔ yuè tiān不bù知道zhī dào我wǒ。

I don’t know Mayday, because Mayday don’t know who I am.

▸ 小雨xiǎo yǔ：很hěn好hǎo！

Little Yu: Very good!

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