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HSK
adorable / cute / lovely
HSK 2
awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly
HSK 2
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
but; however / (used for emphasis) indeed
HSK 2
amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
HSK 3
reliable
HSK 3
to approve / approval / acknowledgment / OK
HSK 3
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
pitiful / pathetic / to have pity on
HSK 5
HSK 5
it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately
HSK 5
to allow / to permit
HSK 5
unavoidably
HSK 7-9
tasty; to taste good
HSK 7-9
suspicious / dubious
HSK 7-9
it could even be said
HSK 7-9
license / authorization / permit
HSK 7-9
considerable / impressive / significant
HSK 7-9
feasible
HSK 7-9
funny / ridiculous
HSK 7-9
repulsive / vile / hateful / abominable
HSK 7-9
lamentable
HSK 7-9
trustworthy
HSK 7-9
inextricably linked (idiom) / inseparable
HSK 7-9
absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
HSK 7-9
have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈
HSK 7-9
to be treasured / praiseworthy
HSK 7-9
shameful / disgraceful / ignominious
HSK 7-9
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
that's just the way it is / exactly!
HSK 7-9
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) "no comment"
HSK 7-9
(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
HSK 7-9
impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing
HSK 7-9
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
can be seen everywhere
HSK 7-9
certainly
adjustable
making one happy / gratifying / heartening
decline to comment / not express an opinion / be noncommittal / hedge
a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person
indescribable / beyond description
visible light / light in optical spectrum
equivocal / ambiguous
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
used in 可汗
may not
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
necessary / must have
can be divided (into parts) / one can distinguish (several types)
force majeure; act of God
edible
all are OK / both are OK / all can / both can / also can
cocaine (loanword)
reliability
Coca-Cola
cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment)
sacred / inviolable
unstoppable / hard to hold back
(loanword) cocoa
is it possible or not?
(botany) coca (loanword)
both OK / all acceptable
feasibility
comparable
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
desirable; worth having / (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
visualization
small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
possibility; probability
convertible debt / convertible bond
rococo (loanword) / very ornate
can be expected (to) / to be expected (to) / hopefully (happening)
variable
not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either
not bad / satisfactory
edible
within reach
degree of credibility / reliability
it may be said
encore (loanword)
can be used for
kindly / nice / amiable
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience / the last straw
good or not? / luckily / fortuitously
pathetic / pitiful
lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few
to be awfully (busy etc)
need not / unnecessary
lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)

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