"know better" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 应该更懂事
• 明知不该

Definition

有足够的智慧或经验，不会做蠢事；也指知道什么是正确或明智的。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于委婉批评某人的错误决定，或表达某人本应预见后果。常见说法如：'你应该更懂事'，'他明知不该这样做'。用于建议、不赞同，有时带幽默。

Examples

You should know better than to touch the stove when it's hot.

你应该**更懂事**，不要去碰烫的炉子。

I thought you knew better than to lie to your friends.

我以为你**应该更懂事**，不会对朋友撒谎。

He is old enough to know better.

他年纪够大，应该**更懂事**了。

Come on, you know better than that!

拜托，你**明知不该**这样！

She acts like she didn’t know better, but I know she did.

她装作自己不**懂事**，但我知道她其实清楚。

By now, we all know better than to show up late to his parties.

到现在为止，我们都**清楚明知不该**在他的派对上迟到。