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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
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  *装* | 装* | *装
adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack
HSK 2
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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
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  *费* | 费* | *费
to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses
HSK 3
whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole
HSK 3
cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
HSK 3
dress / clothing / costume / clothes / CL:
HSK 3
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
HSK 5
price / cost / consideration (in share dealing)
HSK 5
house price / cost of housing
HSK 6
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
HSK 6
to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) / to make oneself more attractive / to beautify
HSK 6
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
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  *粉* | 粉* | *粉
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝) / to be a fan of
HSK 7-9
to pay / to cover the costs
HSK 7-9
to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective
HSK 7-9
universe; cosmos; space
HSK 7-9
valuable / costly / expensive
HSK 7-9
construction cost
HSK 7-9
cheaply-priced; low-cost
HSK 7-9
expensive / costly
HSK 7-9
to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
HSK 7-9
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
HSK 7-9
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
HSK 7-9
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
HSK 7-9
free; no charge; at no cost
HSK 7-9
cost-performance ratio
HSK 7-9
to make a supreme effort / at all costs
HSK 7-9
Xichang cosmodrome / Xichang, county-level city in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan
to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) / consistency / thickness / density / viscosity
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  *cos* | cos* | *cos
(Internet slang) cosplay / to cosplay / to dress up as
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
eye shadow (cosmetics)
powder puff (cosmetics)
facial cream (cosmetics)
protective or tinted film (for LCD screens, car windows etc) / facial mask (cosmetics)
cost
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脂* | 脂* | *脂
fat / rouge (cosmetics) / resin
(math.) cosine
makeup / cosmetics
L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)
glucoside
stickiness; gluing strength / viscosity
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
Lancôme, French cosmetics brand
fare / transport cost
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *妆* | 妆* | *妆
(of a woman) to adorn oneself / makeup / adornment / trousseau / stage makeup and costume
great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos
to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face
biosphere / ecosphere
face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman
blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
incidental costs / sundries / extras
rouge (cosmetics)
a person's clothing / outfit / actor's costume
to share (costs, responsibilities) / to apportion
Shiseidō (Japanese cosmetics company)
lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay
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  *甙* | 甙* | *甙
old term for 糖苷, glycoside
intercostal muscle (between ribs)
pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder
costume of minor characters in opera, featuring dragon designs / walk-on
China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中國遠洋運輸|中国远洋运输)
to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup / to sing a cappella
(physics) viscosity
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苷* | 苷* | *苷
licorice / glycoside
silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease
to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort
Avon (cosmetics company)
to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc)
to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
glue; adhesive / viscose
remember at all costs
stage costume
to spend / expenditure / to cost
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界)
cosmetics
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
fare / transport costs
Cossack (people)
one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螀* | 螀* | *螀
cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)
miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm
to do sb a favor at little cost
to cosign / to countersign
(of an actor) to remove makeup and costume / (computing) to uninstall; to unmount
informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line
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  *詨* | 詨* | *詨
kind of cicada, cosmopsaltria
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
a kind act that costs nothing
among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
cosmeceuticals

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