| | a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking | HSK 2 |
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| | to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture | HSK 2 |
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| | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word | HSK 1 |
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| | in a low voice / (speak) in whispers | HSK 2 |
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| | generally speaking | HSK 4 |
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| | to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine | HSK 1 |
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| | to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss | HSK 3 |
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| | to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) | HSK 4 |
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| | in silence; not speaking | HSK 4 |
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| | an exit / CL: 個|个 / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port | HSK 2 |
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| | to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly | HSK 6 |
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| | generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short | HSK 7-9 |
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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to refer to / to speak about / to talk about | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom) | |
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| | to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart | |
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| | (broadcasting) to speak to the audience / to advertise a product by speaking directly to the audience / endorsement (by a celebrity for a product, delivered orally) | |
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| | listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills) | |
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| | generally speaking | |
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| | different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | term used by a teacher or master to refer to themself when speaking to their student | |
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| | to mention / to speak of / to talk about | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC) | |
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| | generally speaking | |
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| | to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt | |
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| | to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc / (fig.) to convey a strong message | |
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| | to speak / to tell | |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness | |
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| | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush | |
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| | tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL: 個|个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | soft-spoken / afraid to speak out | |
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| | generally speaking / in general | |
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| | cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make a sound / to speak / to cry out | |
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| | to speak rudely | |
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| | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back | |
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| | to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom) | |
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| | lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable | |
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| | to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead | HSK 7-9 |
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| | relatively speaking / comparatively speaking | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking | |
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| | wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking / taciturn / not providing any news | |
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| | strictly speaking | |
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| | to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear | |
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| | strictly speaking | |
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| | (archaic) term used by a husband to refer to himself when speaking to his wife | |
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| | to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb | |
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| | to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) | |
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| | to praise / to speak highly of / compliment / praise | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue | |
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| | (idiom) in all fairness; objectively speaking | |
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| | (idiom) to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner | |
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| | to speak face to face / meeting / interview | |
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| | to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle | |
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| | to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word | |
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| | speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping | |
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| | (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste | |
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| | lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y) | |
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| | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
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| | (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4] | |
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| | to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth | |
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| | (literary) not to speak | |
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| | facts speak louder than words (idiom) | |
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| | historical point of view / historically speaking | |
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| | to be bold enough to speak out | |
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| | all speaking together; in chorus | |
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| | to murmur / to speak in a low voice | |
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| | comparatively speaking | |
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| | to praise / to speak highly of / to commend | |
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| | to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out | |
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| | to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth | |
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| | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | |
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| | way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation | |
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| | scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking | |
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| | to speak frankly with assurance | |
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| | to speak / to say | |
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| | (idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped | |
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| | to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice | |
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| | to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連, 有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连, 有苦说不出 | |
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| | frank and outspoken / straight speaking / to say what one thinks | |
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| | to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] | |
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| | let alone / not to speak of (all the others) | |
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| | frank and outspoken (idiom) / straight speaking / to say what one thinks | |
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| | a platform (to speak) | |
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| | to speak without thinking (idiom) / to blurt sth out | |
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| | to speak / words | |
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| | to speak honestly (idiom) | |
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| | talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly | |
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| | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
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| | don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to | |
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| | to speak frankly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to speak out / to declare (one's view) | |
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| | (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly | |
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| | to speak / to tell / to voice | |
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