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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
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  *向* | 向* | *向
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
HSK 2
direction; orientation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *往* | 往* | *往
to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *向* | 向* | *向
variant of / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
HSK 2
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  *转* | 转* | *转
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
HSK 3
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  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
HSK 5
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
HSK 7-9
mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc
HSK 7-9
direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction
HSK 7-9
backwards / reverse direction
direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抢* | 抢* | *抢
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction
opposite direction / reverse
to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辙* | 辙* | *辙
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after or 沒|没) way; idea
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
orientation / direction
radial (direction)
direction; trend / to incline
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent
topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation
when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垔* | 垔* | *垔
to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices
(Tw) to guide sb in the right direction / to correct (behavior etc)
focus / direction / purpose / relevance
to change the direction or tone of a conversation
to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
tangent direction
to turn / to adjust one's direction / to lose one's bearings
sense of direction
forward direction / (math.) positive direction
all things tend in one direction (idiom)
direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn
road direction / (fig.) direction / path
person with a poor sense of direction
to attack from an unexpected direction
(Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon / (fig.) sensitive subject or trigger issue that provokes a strong emotional reaction when sb's views on it are challenged
(of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of


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