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  *他* | 他* | *他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
HSK 1
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore
HSK 3
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
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  *別* | 別* | *別
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
each other / mutual
HSK 3
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
other people; others; other person
HSK 1
each other / mutually / mutual
HSK 3
to part; to leave each other / to distinguish; to tell apart / difference; distinction / in different ways; differently / separately; individually
HSK 3
else / other
HSK 1
each other; one another
HSK 5
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  *另* | 另* | *另
other / another / separate / separately
HSK 6
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
HSK 5
compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
HSK 3
to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
HSK 3
in other words; that is
HSK 6
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  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
or / either one or the other
HSK 5
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
in other words / that is to say
HSK 6
in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit
HSK 4
to share (let others have some of sth good)
HSK 5
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
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  *鍵* | 鍵* | *鍵
key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin
HSK 5
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction
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 rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
(adjective) other
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  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other / passing the buck to and fro / each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight
HSK 7-9
a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain
outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会)
to set each other off nicely
jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
to harm others / to mock people / to taunt / humiliating
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
garbage truck (or other vehicle)
zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce)
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary
HSK 7-9
to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
HSK 7-9
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
HSK 7-9
another person; sb else; other people
HSK 7-9
chess piece / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗 / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
on the other hand... / conversely...
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
to publish; to carry (a piece of writing, news, image etc) in a periodical or other publication / Taiwan pr. [kan1zai4]
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  *物* | 物* | *物
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
the other end of the world / a faraway place
to look at each other in dismay (idiom)
others / (sociology, philosophy) the Other
seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to act arbitrarily / to make decisions without consulting others
to pass sth around (for others to look at)
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
to start off before the others; to precede / to proceed in advance
to mix with others / to socialize / to deal with / to contend
HSK 7-9
in other words
HSK 7-9
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  *欄* | 欄* | *欄
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)
HSK 7-9
to be good at understanding others (idiom)
to be of service to others / to help others / benevolent
to comply in order to please others / to accommodate sb else's taste / to make fun of
to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others) / overdoing it / to go overboard
(idiom) willing to help others
to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud
HSK 7-9
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  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
for sb / for others' interest
popular show (on TV or other media)
to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
to be lenient with others (idiom)
neither giving way to the other
to look at each other
electrification; to convert to electrical power (esp. for railways, factories or other infrastructure)
lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
to love each other
the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
advantageous / favorable / to benefit at others' expense / to take unfair advantage
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

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