承 认 chéng rèn to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge 认 同 rèn tóng to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with 自 认 zì rèn to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to 相 认 xiāng rèn to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) 答 理 dā li (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) / to respond / to answer 告 知 收 到 acknowledge 不 理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore 坦 言 tǎn yán to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly 认 错 rèn cuò to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake 臣 服 chén fú to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve 耍 赖 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened 承 运 chéng yùn to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor 承 兑 chéng duì (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise) 不 买 账 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) 认 亲 rèn qīn to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage 认 贼 作 父 rèn zéi zuò fù lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy 买 帐 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it 故 步 自 封 gù bù zì fēng stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative 认 账 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt 拜 to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) 服 软 fú ruǎn to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion 鸵 鸟 政 策 tuó niǎo zhèng cè ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) 受 礼 shòu lǐ to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings 懒 得 搭 理 lǎn de dā lǐ not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond 拜 人 为 师 bài rén wéi shī to acknowledge as one's teacher 知 过 改 过 zhī guò gǎi guò to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom) 
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