| | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then") | HSK 1 |
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| | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | HSK 2 |
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| | sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse | HSK 2 |
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| | meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation | HSK 4 |
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| | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression | HSK 2 |
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| | wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction | |
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| | lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric | HSK 7-9 |
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| | socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era | |
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| | usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing | |
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| | oft-quoted phrase; famous line | |
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| | musical phrase | |
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| | to rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate / (in set phrases like 恩同再造) to save sb's life | |
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| | to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics | |
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| | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion | |
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| | letters or words / words or phrase | |
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| | start of phrase or sentence | |
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| | to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) | |
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| | polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb | |
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| | commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage | |
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| | the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine | |
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| | dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse | |
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| | whether or not (at the end of a phrase) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment | |
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| | (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) | |
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| | literal; word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase | |
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| | polite set phrases | |
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| | phrase (grammar) | |
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| | comma / phrase marked by pause | |
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| | pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet | |
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| | (coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies) | |
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| | paired phrases (poetic device) | |
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| | pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases | |
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| | punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號｜句号 and comma 逗號｜逗号 / sentences and phrases | |
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| | in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer | |
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| | wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction | |
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| | mouth full of literary phrases / to spout the classics | |
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| | it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) | |
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| | phrase (grammar) | |
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| | to polish a phrase | |
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| | compound phrase | |
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| | pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking | |
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| | adjectival phrase | |
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| | Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase | |
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| | (idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases | |
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| | to supply the answering phrase | |
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| | restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase) | |
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| | to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition) | |
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| | teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher) | |
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| | fashionable word or phrase / abbr. for 潮流用語｜潮流用语 | |
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| | officialese / official routine / (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore... | |
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| | pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning | |
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| | the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman) | |
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| | model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) | |
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| | phrase | |
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| | May your business prosper! (formal letter-ending phrase) | |
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| | (used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地) like (X); as if (X) / Taiwan pr. [si4de5] | |
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| | (literary) pearl; gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom | |
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| | form word / in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function | |
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| | enumeration comma (、) (used to separate words or phrases in a list) | |
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| | (idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition | |
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| | word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate | |
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| | popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle | |
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| | answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer | |
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| | exclamation / exclamatory phrase | |
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| | to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi") | |
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| | (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛｜陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary | |
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| | to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words | |
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| | phrase (linguistics) | |
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| | numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) | |
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| | set phrase | |
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| | (adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸｜归 or 赴 etc) traveling a great distance | |
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| | "Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動｜五四运动 / abbr. for 賽因斯｜赛因斯 / see also 德先生 | |
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| | (lexicography) illustrative phrase; sample word or phrase | |
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| | (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) | |
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| | (literary) good luck; good fortune / (used in formal letter-ending phrases and in personal names) | |
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| | to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀｜读) | HSK 7-9 |
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