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HSK
straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through
HSK 2
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  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
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  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
method; way (of doing sth); means / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
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  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5]
HSK 2
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  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
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  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
HSK 5
how / what way / what
HSK 3
along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
HSK 6
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
HSK 6
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to
HSK 4
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
HSK 2
on the road / on the way; en route
HSK 1
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality
HSK 5
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
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  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
one week / all the way around / a whole cycle
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
the utmost care (idiom); to look after sb in every possible way
brains / mind / head / way of thinking
HSK 7-9
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
two-way translation
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail
to lead the way / guide; forerunner; pioneer
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
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  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
way; means; channel
HSK 6
to stop / to bar the way
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈
HSK 7-9
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  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
way of doing sth / the right social connection
HSK 7-9
to do things each in one's own way
tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
HSK 7-9
one-way street
out-of-the-way places
career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
HSK 7-9
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
to lead the way; to guide; to show the way / (fig.) to instruct
HSK 7-9
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
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  *夺* | 夺* | *夺
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose
HSK 6
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
neither giving way to the other
(physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual
HSK 7-9
in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
HSK 7-9
feudal way of thinking
(of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow; limited
HSK 7-9
by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
to have no way out / to have no alternative
style / style of work / way
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
way of proceeding / approach (to a task etc)
the way back / return route
method / way / approach
HSK 7-9
to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere
one time (all the way through) / once through
smart move / clever way of doing sth
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  *样* | 样* | *样
manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type
HSK 6
way of life / attitude / modus operandi
in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
to step aside (for a passing vehicle) / to get out of the way / to make way for
a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋 (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)
to pass through / via / by way of
like this / this way
to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion
HSK 7-9
the only (choice, way etc) / undivided (loyalty)
term; name; way of referring to sb or sth
through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence
to be all the same way (literary)
to move aside / to get out of the way / to back down / to concede
HSK 7-9
by the way
current custom / current way of doing things
HSK 7-9

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