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early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昭* | 昭* | *昭
bright / clear / manifest / to show clearly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused; chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded
to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling
morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral
junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall / (fig.) sth barely discernible / the slightest thing / the minutest detail
to make uniform / to even up / to make good a deficiency
approved for distribution / to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)
lecher / womanizer / dirty old man
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
magnificent / heroic
Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子
a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
(bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
Phoenix, NASA Mars explorer
convenience store; mini-mart
Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队
Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
to roar (of animals) / to wail / to cry out in distress / see also 呼號|呼号
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾
Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
to overtake on a bend (driving) / (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai
TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger
morning dew, evening mist (idiom); ephemeral / impermanent
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
(zoology) spermary; (in higher animals) testicle
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania (Tw)
body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral / impermanent
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括


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