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(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
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  *四* | 四* | *四
four / 4
HSK 1
base; foundation; basis / basic; fundamental
HSK 3
profound / deep / deep-going
HSK 3
undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
according to / basis / foundation
HSK 5
according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
to establish; to found
HSK 6
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  *厚* | 厚* | *厚
thick / deep or profound / kind / generous / rich or strong in flavor / to favor / to stress
HSK 4
to found; to establish
HSK 6
fountain pen / CL:
HSK 5
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
HSK 7-9
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  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
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  *421* | 421* | *421
four grandparents, two parents and an only child
deep; profound
HSK 4
to establish / to set up / to found
HSK 3
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books
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  *季* | 季* | *季
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
HSK 4
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  *建* | 建* | *建
to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct
HSK 3
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
creator; founder; initiator
HSK 7-9
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  *沉* | 沉* | *沉
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
HSK 4
ByteDance, Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949
Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect
to cover the whole (area) / to be found throughout
HSK 7-9
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Vanke, large Chinese real estate company, founded in 1984
grade 4 / fourth class / category D
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
deep / profound
HSK 6
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
to make a contribution / to establish / to found / contribution
HSK 7-9
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  *燕* | 燕* | *燕
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
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  *悬* | 悬* | *悬
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation
HSK 6
father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
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  *基* | 基* | *基
(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
HSK 7-9
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded
twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
far-reaching / profound and long-lasting
HSK 7-9
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) / abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动
lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous
Uber, app-based taxi company founded in 2009
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  *微* | 微* | *微
tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
ubiquitous / commonplace / found everywhere
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书 in Confucianism
written in a forceful hand / penetrating / profound
lit. , , and (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) / fig. archaic expressions
kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.
billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched
China Evergrande Group, or simply Evergrande, Chinese property developer founded in 1996 (abbr. for 恒大集團|恒大集团) / Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) (abbr. for 香港恒生大學|香港恒生大学)
Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
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  *明* | 明* | *明
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase 網易|网易
Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
foundation
HSK 7-9
modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
socio-economic base / economic foundation
profound mystery
fountain
HSK 7-9
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
Wikimedia Foundation
(Tw) (slang) to be ticked off by (sb or sth); to be pissed at (sb or sth); to be in a foul mood; down in the dumps (from Taiwanese 揬𡳞, Tai-lo pr. [tu̍h-lān])
source; origin; fountainhead
HSK 7-9
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
four-wheel drive
Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth

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