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What does 不知不觉 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

不知不觉 bùzhī-bùjué

without realizing it; before one knows it

Its characters

  1. 不 bù not
  2. 知 zhī to know
  3. 不 bù not
  4. 觉 jué to feel

In a sentence

不知不觉,天已经黑了。 Before we knew it, it was already dark.

从此,孙悟空在洞中住了下来,每天扫地、挑水、种菜,不知不觉就过了七年。

From 拜师学艺 · A Teacher Across the Sea

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