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| | if; supposing; in case | HSK 7-9 |
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| | on a par with / comparable to | |
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| | cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves / perfectly composed | |
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| | (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) | |
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| | to be just like | |
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| | (idiom) looking pensive; thoughtfully | |
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| | (idiom) faint; indistinct | |
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| | (idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant | |
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| | indistinct / faintly discernible | |
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| | not as good as / not equal to / inferior | |
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| | to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase | |
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| | lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck | |
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| | to keep quiet out of fear (idiom) | |
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| | to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear | |
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| | lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague | |
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| | lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack | |
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| | mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab | |
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| | Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik | |
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| | if / if so | |
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| | Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan | |
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| | as for | |
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| | receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded | |
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| | lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom) / fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly | |
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| | to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others | |
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| | overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) | |
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| | John (less common form of 若望 or 約翰|约翰) | |
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| | far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away | |
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| | nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom) | |
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| | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若) | |
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| | to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) | |
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| | Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan | |
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| | to be wild with joy (idiom) | |
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| | to be a different person / not to be one's usual self | |
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| | if / supposing / in case | |
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| | to throw away like worn out shoes | |
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| | as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart | |
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| | to turn a blind eye to | |
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| | calm / composed / at ease | |
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| | to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents / to hide one's light under a bushel | |
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| | a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed | |
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| | as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner / frigid | |
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| | as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty | |
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| | front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors | |
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| | Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang | |
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| | as if / as though / rather like | |
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| | abundantly clear | |
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| | to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) | |
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| | to view as strangers | |
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| | (idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people | |
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| | to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal | |
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| | bear hardship with equanimity / regard wrongdoing with equanimity | |
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| | (idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity | |
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| | a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent | |
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| | rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse | |
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| | precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day | |
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| | lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated | |
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| | Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma) | |
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| | at a loss / confused / not know what to do next | |
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| | Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang | |
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| | (idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says | |
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| | the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经) | |
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| | the Heart Sutra | |
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| | Gospel of John (used in Catholic Bible translations) | |
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| | Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn | |
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| | John / Saint John / less common variant of 約翰|约翰 preferred by the Catholic Church | |
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| | if and only if | |
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| | If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it. | |
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| | bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent | |
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| | progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经, Chpt. 41) | |
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| | Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜 | |
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| | to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安 (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome) | |
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| | pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom); capering madly with joy / to express boundless pleasure | |
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| | rock-solid | |
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| | to feel despondent (idiom) | |
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| | ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention | |
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| | St John the Baptist | |
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| | close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away | |
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| | Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official | |
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| | habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然 | |
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| | prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra) | |
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| | Joseph (biblical name) | |
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| | progress seems like regress (alternative wording for 進道若退|进道若退) | |
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