| | can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good | HSK 2 |
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| | can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy | HSK 1 |
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| | to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) | HSK 1 |
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| | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however | HSK 5 |
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| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | where? / wherever; anywhere; somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | HSK 1 |
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| | can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice | HSK 2 |
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| | can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) | HSK 1 |
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| | not at all / simply (can) not | HSK 5 |
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| | bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL: 張｜张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc | HSK 1 |
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| | that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong | HSK 4 |
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| | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible | HSK 4 |
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| | to be capable of / to be able to / can | HSK 2 |
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| | unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand | HSK 4 |
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| | only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈｜只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | HSK 3 |
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| | won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | HSK 6 |
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| | whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible? | HSK 6 |
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| | able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view | HSK 5 |
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| | not to allow / must not / can't | HSK 5 |
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| | to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it | HSK 4 |
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| | to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場｜场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand | HSK 3 |
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| | (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) | HSK 4 |
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| | equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be just like; can be compared to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do everything one can / to spare no effort / to strive | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | can it be possible that / could it be | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
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| | can be rated as / can be said to be | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't help / cannot but | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot afford / can't afford buying | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) | |
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| | meal / to eat / classifier for meals | HSK 6 |
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| | lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | shoe that can be worn on either foot | |
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| | unavoidable / can't be avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | how can this be endured! (idiom) | |
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| | the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances | |
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| | to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom) | |
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| | ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else | |
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| | the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything. | |
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| | (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) | |
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| | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) | |
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| | sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store) | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from | HSK 6 |
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| | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not | |
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| | funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed | |
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| | bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can see / can tell | HSK 7-9 |
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| | without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules | |
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| | conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle / (fig.) medium; platform; vector / (Tw) (Taiwan pr. [zai3 ju4]) a consumer's device (smart card or mobile app barcode etc) that can be scanned at checkout to save the receipt 統一發票｜统一发票 to a cloud account | |
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| | when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) | |
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| | lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism | |
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| | Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society | |
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| | to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can | |
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| | look / external appearance / design / overall brand look or logo that can be patented | |
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| | can be compared / to be very similar | |
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| | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
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| | to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake | HSK 6 |
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| | (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience | |
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| | can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) | |
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| | handle / (fig.) information that can be used against sb | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪｜轮 | |
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| | lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss | |
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| | can be used for | |
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| | the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against | |
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| | everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs | HSK 7-9 |
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| | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous / ridiculous / absurd | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can be seen everywhere | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can or cannot; is it possible? | |
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| | An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. | |
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| | friend from whom you can seek advice | |
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| | to have more work than one can deal with / to have one's hands full | |
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| | pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if this can be done | |
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| | all are OK / both are OK / all can / both can / also can | |
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| | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) | |
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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | as far as the eye can see (idiom) | |
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| | the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant / condescending / supercilious | |
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| | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind | |
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| | can't compare with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy | HSK 6 |
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| | one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master | |
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| | lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome | |
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| | (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved | |
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| | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do | |
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| | lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks | |
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| | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | information asymmetry; information gap (esp. a difference in access to information that can be exploited for profit) | |
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| | to do all one can / to give all one has | |
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| | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) | |
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| | dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. | |
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