| | best / had better ...; it would be best to ... | HSK 1 |
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| | strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强 | HSK 3 |
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| | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | HSK 4 |
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| | pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop | HSK 6 |
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| | optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) | HSK 6 |
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| | the charts (of best-sellers) / table of ranking | HSK 6 |
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| | to select the best | HSK 6 |
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| | peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make every effort to / striving to do one's best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | at most / at best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled | |
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| | carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow | |
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| | to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand | |
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| | to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) | |
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| | to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too | |
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| | splendid clothes / rich attire / one's Sunday best | |
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| | best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities | |
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| | to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards / to devote attention to | |
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| | chief / first / brightest and best | |
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| | (male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner | |
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| | movie queen; best actress award winner | |
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| | Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers | |
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| | (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial | |
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| | elite (e.g. troops) / crack / best quality personnel | |
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| | to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy | |
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| | to rank among the best | |
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| | best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster | |
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| | not to do one's best / not to exert oneself | |
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| | (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one | |
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| | to declare oneself emperor / to win the best actor award | |
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| | to settle for second best / the next best thing | |
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| | to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing) | |
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| | to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own | |
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| | lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock | |
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| | a best-seller / a hot property | |
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| | (idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time | |
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| | to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything | |
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| | congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home! | |
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| | (idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible | |
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| | perfect (idiom); perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets | |
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| | the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte | |
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| | to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result / to have high ambitions | |
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| | lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through | |
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| | lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment | |
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| | vigorously / to the utmost / to the best of one's ability | |
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| | to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist | |
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| | with swagger / ostentatiously / to make the best use of one's strengths | |
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| | to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense | |
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| | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) | |
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| | lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night | |
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| | first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] | |
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| | a secret / sth best not told to anyone / confidential information | |
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| | lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) / fig. the best is saved for last | |
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| | best friend | |
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| | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down | |
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| | to scoop the best camera shots / to grab the limelight | |
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| | best man | |
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| | brightest and best / chief / first among peers | |
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| | best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers | |
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| | (idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy | |
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| | to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc) | |
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| | wise policy / best policy | |
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| | best of its kind / cream of the crop | |
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| | the best part (of a play etc) | |
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| | select the best people for promotion | |
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| | to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities | |
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| | the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet | |
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| | best friend | |
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| | at most; at best | |
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| | best man / to entertain | |
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| | to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition | |
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| | (idiom) to exhaust all one has / to leave no stone unturned / to try one's best | |
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| | employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才 | |
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| | lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land | |
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| | the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy | |
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| | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds | |
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| | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds | |
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| | optimal / the best | |
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| | best man (in a marriage) | |
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| | family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance | |
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| | as far as possible; to the best of one's ability | |
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| | to select the best (for a job) | |
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| | to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well | |
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| | finalist; qualifier; person or item selected as one of the best | |
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| | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
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| | neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some | |
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| | wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence) | |
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| | the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | Best Buy (retailer) | |
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| | lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns | |
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| | to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best) | |
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| | of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave | |
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| | the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances | |
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