|  |  | how much?; how many?  / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | many; much; more; a lot of  / too many; in excess  / (after a numeral) ... odd  / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2])  / (bound form) multi-; poly-  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | many  / a lot of  / much  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | how much  / how many  / several  / a few  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | many  / a lot  / not few  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then  /  (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after  /  (same as 就是 ) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly  /  only; as little as  /  as much as; as many as  /  to approach; to move towards  /  to undertake; to engage in  /  (often followed by 著|着 ) taking advantage of  /  (of food) to go with  /  with regard to; concerning  /  (pattern: 就  ... 也  ...) even if ... still ...  /  (pattern: 不  ... 就  ...) if not ... then must be ...  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | usually  / in many cases  / more often than not  | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | many times  / repeatedly  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | many  / quite a lot  / much better  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | many years  / for many years  / longstanding  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | for many generations  / generation  / era  / age  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | ten million  / countless  / many  / one must by all means  | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | many-sided  / in many aspects  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | for the past many years  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | calligraphic flourish with many twists  / fig. many twists and turns  |  | 
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|  |  | for the most part  / many  / most  / the greater part  / mostly  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | a few  / several  / how many  |  | 
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|  |  | to raise one and infer three  / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | (literary) (similar to 多麼|多么 , used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | warp brocade  / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp  |  | 
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|  |  | local bus or train  / slow train with many stops  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength  / There is safety in numbers.  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms  |  | 
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|  |  | Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition  /  Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 , Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues  |  | 
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|  |  | to have many advantages and no disadvantages  |  | 
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|  |  | many  / multiple  / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港  and Macau 澳門|澳门  /  refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government  /  refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia  |  | 
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|  |  | as many as; no less than  / not inferior to; as good as; on a par with  |  | 
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|  |  | using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)  / fig. not enough to go around  / demand exceeds supply  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) too many to count; innumerable  |  | 
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|  |  | many different types  |  | 
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|  |  | Heping or Peace district (of many towns)  /  Heping district of Tianjin municipality 天津市  /  Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市 , Liaoning  |  | 
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|  |  | much  / very many  |  | 
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|  |  | a certain number or amount  / how many?  / how much?  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth  |  | 
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|  |  | life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)  / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle).  / Life derives from physical exercise.  |  | 
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|  |  | many years ago; in the past  / in one's early years  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | year in, year out (idiom)  / (over) many years  |  | 
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|  |  | in many stages  / multilayered  / multipronged (attack)  |  | 
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|  |  | cannot do without  / to be unavoidable  / are bound to be many  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | many thanks  / thanks a lot  |  | 
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|  |  | many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose  |  | 
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|  |  | many hands make light work (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | many; diverse  |  | 
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|  |  | tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | how many times  / several times  / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle)  / several degrees  / to what degree; to what extent  |  | 
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|  |  | many things arranged together, or connected together  / to go on limitlessly  |  | 
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|  |  | to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations  / refers to the travels of Confucius  |  | 
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|  |  | "exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them  |  | 
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|  |  | to include and monopolize many things  / all-embracing  |  | 
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|  |  | many-particle (physics)  |  | 
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|  |  | several years  / many years  |  | 
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|  |  | for many generations  |  | 
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|  |  | many-sided  |  | 
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|  |  | many things waiting to be done (idiom)  / a thousand things to do  |  | 
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|  |  | (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian  /  classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort  /  (classifier) a kind; a sort  /  (classifier) (used after the verb 翻  to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番  "to double")  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved  / many twists and turns to a story  / one thing after another  |  | 
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|  |  | race of several days  / many day competition  |  | 
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|  |  | names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description  |  | 
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|  |  | absolutely true (idiom)  / manifold  / true from many points of view  |  | 
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|  |  | many  / much  / a lot  / lots and lots  / more  / even more  |  | 
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|  |  | many stars  / a vast sky full of stars  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) to have had relationships with many women  |  | 
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|  |  | (literary) like this  / such (as this)  / so much  / so many  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb)  / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it  |  | 
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|  |  | a few years; several years  / how many years?  |  | 
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|  |  | successive years  / over many years  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth  / many new things emerge in rapid succession  |  | 
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|  |  | many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big  / many a mickle makes a muckle  |  | 
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|  |  | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs  |  | 
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|  |  | Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities  |  | 
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|  |  | Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚 , collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝 |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean  |  | 
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|  |  | a close friend over many years  |  | 
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|  |  | again and again  / many  |  | 
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|  |  | (bound form) crowd; multitude  / (bound form) many; numerous  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) (under) the public eye; the stares of many people  |  | 
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|  |  | the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles)  / prime minister  |  | 
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|  |  | Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors  |  | 
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|  |  | in many ways  / from all sides  |  | 
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|  |  | temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮  (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)  |  | 
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|  |  | many and complicated  / mired in minor details  |  | 
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|  |  | name used for many fishing birds  / cormorant  / osprey  |  | 
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|  |  | vast  / voluminous  / many and varied  / numerous  / extensive amount of  / exhaustive  / heavy (expenditure)  / arduous  / strenuous  / exhausting  / draining  / burdensome  |  | 
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|  |  | many things waiting to be done (idiom)  / a thousand things to do  |  | 
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|  |  | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs  |  | 
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|  |  | (archaic) many  /  beautiful  /  how  /  old variant of 挪 |  | 
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|  |  | reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)  |  | 
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|  |  | dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power  |  | 
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|  |  | seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others  / seeing is believing  |  | 
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|  |  | many  |  | 
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|  |  | to mention some but omit many others (idiom)  / to leave out much more than one includes  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens  |  | 
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|  |  | many and varied  / of many different kinds  |  | 
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|  |  | many-sided  / versatile  / various aspects  / all-round  / multidirectional  |  | 
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|  |  | combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided  |  | 
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|  |  | for a long time  / over many years  / old  / advanced in age  |  | 
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|  |  | many and elaborate  |  | 
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