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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
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  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
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  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
HSK 2
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
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  *推* | 推* | *推
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
HSK 2
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
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
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
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  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward
HSK 3
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
forward / onward
HSK 5
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
to hope for; to look forward to
HSK 6
to yearn for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
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  *探* | 探* | *探
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
HSK 7-9
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead
HSK 7-9
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  *趴* | 趴* | *趴
to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
HSK 7-9
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
HSK 7-9
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
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  *企* | 企* | *企
(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to / abbr. for 企業|企业 / Taiwan pr. [qi4]
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  *晋* | 晋* | *晋
to move forward / to promote / to advance
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
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  *突* | 突* | *突
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
(literary) to go forward
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  *锋* | 锋* | *锋
point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team)
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
front / front end / forward part of sth
to advance / forward motion
forward pass (sport)
to advance; to step forward
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific). / I've been looking forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor
evolution / gradual forward progress
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
to leap forward / to make rapid progress / a leap forward
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
to step forward bravely
to stride forward
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毙* | 毙* | *毙
to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death
forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颠* | 颠* | *颠
top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仆* | 仆* | *仆
to fall forward / to fall prostrate
to lean forward
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part)
fast-forward (media player)
(of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
to forward (a letter, email, package etc)
gradual progress / to go forward one stage at a time
surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale
to expect / to look forward to / anxious for sth / to hope (to get sth)
to long for; to look forward to
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
to take a step; to step forward
(literary) to move forward
to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand
to approve and forward / to endorse / stamp "approved for distribution"
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks
sudden big stride forward
to look forward to sth / to wait respectfully
to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
to look forward eagerly to sth / keenly desired
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伫* | 伫* | *伫
to stand for a long time / to wait / to look forward to / to accumulate
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...) / to look forward to
to look forward and back cautiously
to step forward / to walk
to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
to move back and forward / to trade
to look far ahead / to look forward (to)
to look forward eagerly / to long for
to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate
lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冘* | 冘* | *冘
to go forward / to advance
hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom)
hope / to hope / to look forward to
to look forward to
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
diligently / relentlessly / pressing forward

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