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interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to be interested
HSK 4
reality; actuality / real; actual / realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
HSK 3
to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand
HSK 3
selfless / unselfish / disinterested / altruistic
HSK 7-9
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
to intend / intentionally / interested in
HSK 7-9
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
(bird species of China) crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)
interested / interesting
interested party
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck
ibis / Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) / same as 朱䴉|朱鹮
to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party
sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
(bird species of China) crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
(bird species of China) crested bunting (Emberiza lathami)
stakeholder / interested party / interested person
aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial
(bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
(bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous)
wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol / having an ulterior motive / to have other things in mind / with an ax to grind / accomplishing something besides what one set out to do
(bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
(bird species of China) white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
(bird species of China) crested tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans)
(bird species of China) crested lark (Galerida cristata)
(bird species of China) great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
(bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
(bird species of China) crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons)
(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
(bird species of China) Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
contented / uninterested in wealth and glory
(bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
(bird species of China) crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
(bird species of China) changeable hawk-eagle; crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
(bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")
(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
(bird species of China) black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris)
(bird species of China) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)


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