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From :   Kevin Chaput

Date : 2008-10-21 / 05:52AM

when is it appropriate to use懂 or 明白?

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-10-21 / 02:27PM

懂 is used more often in oral background.

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-21 / 04:27PM

Benny, this question reminded me of a Chinese sentence I read somewhere:

你不懂我的明白 – What does it mean?

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chinachinaman

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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2008-10-22 / 03:15AM

你不懂我的明白 is a song by 李玖哲…i think it means “you don’t understand my reality”?

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-10-22 / 02:30PM

In fact, ”懂" is used for an overall understanding for somebody or some situations

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