| | one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | HSK 1 |
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| | to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) | HSK 1 |
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| | to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) | HSK 1 |
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| | to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at | HSK 2 |
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| | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | HSK 2 |
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| | to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready etc) | HSK 2 |
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| | o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period | HSK 3 |
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| | finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last | HSK 3 |
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| | to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result | HSK 4 |
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| | square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter | HSK 4 |
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| | cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 5 |
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| | in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day | HSK 5 |
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| | only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless | HSK 5 |
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| | after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis | HSK 5 |
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| | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) / aubergine / brinjal / Guinea squash / phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) / equivalent of "say cheese" | HSK 6 |
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| | in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk | HSK 6 |
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| | replaces 啊 when following the vowel "u" or "ao" | HSK 6 |
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| | when | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective | HSK 7-9 |
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| | when the time comes / at the scheduled time | HSK 7-9 |
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| | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] | |
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| | lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April | |
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| | to be in love when one is too young; puppy love | |
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| | at what time?; when? | |
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| | kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.) | |
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| | to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack | |
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| | mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) | |
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| | transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols | |
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| | hello (when answering the phone) | |
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| | stroke order (when writing Chinese character) | |
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| | half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory | |
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| | timely / just (when needed) | |
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| | (Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc) | |
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| | at one's convenience / when one has time | |
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| | thermal cleavage (i.e. sth splits when heated) | |
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| | one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift | |
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| | Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased | |
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| | to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety | |
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| | lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down | |
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| | to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes | |
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| | to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) | |
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| | to make a counteroffer when haggling / to bargain | |
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| | cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) | |
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| | legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money | |
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| | (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) | |
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| | to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity | |
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| | voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc) | |
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| | the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there | |
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| | lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese | |
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| | (idiom) (when followed by 不) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不｜无时无刻不 therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by 不) at all times; always | |
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| | the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group | |
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| | (medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated | |
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| | early evening when lanterns are first lit | |
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| | when? | |
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| | (rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that... | |
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| | to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting) | |
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| | tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) | |
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| | double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女｜牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting | |
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| | lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally | |
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| | to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error | |
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| | lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved | |
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| | to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless (idiom) | |
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| | just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when.. | |
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| | when the moment comes / at that time | |
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| | (idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop | |
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| | under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action | |
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| | to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room) | |
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| | lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty | |
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| | lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him | |
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| | (literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2] | |
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| | (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display | |
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| | (of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech) | |
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| | (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil) | |
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| | when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit | |
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| | when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation | |
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| | on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion | |
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| | to include (as a free gift, when buying sth) / to come with | |
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| | only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort | |
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| | to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸 and 媽媽｜妈妈) | |
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| | small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) | |
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| | to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down | |
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| | to turn over when asleep | |
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| | dimple (on the cheek when smiling) | |
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| | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! | |
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| | to reveal one's valuables inadvertently / to betray one's silver (money) when traveling | |
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| | neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter) | |
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| | lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful | |
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| | a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience | |
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| | to reach / when | |
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| | lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荊軻｜荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent | |
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| | lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道， 雞犬升天｜一人得道， 鸡犬升天) | |
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