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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *那* | 那* | *那
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)
HSK 1
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
condition; circumstance; term; factor / requirement; prerequisite; qualification / situation; state; condition / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *步* | 步* | *步
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
HSK 3
circumstances; state of affairs; situation / CL: 個|个, 種|种
HSK 3
whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole
HSK 3
difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation
HSK 3
condition; state; situation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *局* | 局* | *局
office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
circumstances / situation / terrain / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
scene; spectacle / circumstances; situation
HSK 4
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
scene / spectacle / occasion / situation
HSK 5
aspect / phase / situation
HSK 5
current situation
HSK 5
circumstances / situation / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
scene; scenario; situation; setting
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *景* | 景* | *景
(bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *情* | 情* | *情
(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion / (bound form) situation; condition
HSK 7-9
according to the situation / pragmatic / random
HSK 7-9
general situation / summary
HSK 7-9
overall situation
HSK 7-9
countermeasure for dealing with a situation
HSK 7-9
market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation
HSK 7-9
weather / unstable situation
HSK 7-9
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
HSK 7-9
situation / state (of affairs)
HSK 7-9
overall situation / the big picture
HSK 7-9
to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
HSK 7-9
to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation
HSK 7-9
real situation / the truth
HSK 7-9
family financial situation / family circumstances
HSK 7-9
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole / overall situation; the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students
HSK 7-9
profitable to both sides / a win-win situation
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扳* | 扳* | *扳
to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup
HSK 7-9
stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway
HSK 7-9
critical / desperate (situation)
HSK 7-9
riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
situation (of a person)
HSK 7-9
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad
HSK 7-9
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
situation / existing state of affairs
HSK 7-9
(of time) to elapse or pass / (of a situation) to develop or evolve
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
to use discretion / to take circumstances into account / to make allowances pertinent to a situation
HSK 7-9
primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused; chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded
epidemic situation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
awkward situation / predicament
recent developments / current situation
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb
lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation)
shameful performance / disgraceful situation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喽* | 喽* | *喽
(final particle equivalent to ) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)
to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
the current situation
to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *况* | 况* | *况
moreover / situation
in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture
political situation
posture / situation
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
current politics / political situation of the time
battlefield situation / battle progress
scene in the foreground; nearby scenery / (photography) a close shot / the present situation; how things stand
to tag along (with sb) / (in combination with 與|与 or ) to accompany (sb) / (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another)
situation; context; setting; environment
to reverse a desperate situation
to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament
to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
the actual situation; the truth
current political situation
situation / circumstance
dilemma / predicament / difficult situation
(of terrain) mountainous; rugged / (of a situation) precarious; daunting
to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo
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)
perilous situation
what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) / a blessing in disguise
to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
disastrous situation; calamity
caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc)
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
current situation / circumstances / current trend
Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case

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