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HSK
evening / night / CL: 個|个 / in the evening
HSK 1
on the body / at hand / among
HSK 1
early morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
on the road / on the way; en route
HSK 1
on the ground / on the floor
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
HSK 1
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
online
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
basically / on the whole
HSK 3
in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice
HSK 3
in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
HSK 3
to put on (clothes etc)
HSK 4
on stage
HSK 4
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
HSK 5
ashore / on the riverbank
HSK 5
along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
HSK 6
to keep up with / to catch up with / to overtake / to chance upon / in time for
HSK 6
outwardly; superficially; on the face of it
HSK 6
can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake
HSK 6
the emperor / Your majesty the emperor / His imperial majesty
HSK 7-9
to catch up with / to keep pace with
HSK 7-9
cannot attend to or manage
HSK 7-9
can't compare with
HSK 7-9
to be out of the question
HSK 7-9
to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
HSK 7-9
not able to keep up with
HSK 7-9
to come across (sb) / to run into
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
to set foot on / to step on or into
HSK 7-9
to run into / to come upon / to meet
HSK 7-9
overall / in general terms
HSK 7-9
online
can be counted as
maritime
attached / included herewith
rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career
above
to fall in love with / to be in love with
to pass a university entrance exam
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *上* | 上* | *上
to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for
to offer (respectfully); to present
on the street / in town
supreme
supreme / paramount / above all else
on earth
to overtake
to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office)
to go up north
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit)
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
to offer
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
early evening when lanterns are first lit
(polite) your home / residence
yours truly / yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)
title of respect for taoists
to swarm around / flocking (to see)
(in) a fit of anger; (in) a foul mood
to try hard to catch up
to disagree / I can't agree with that.
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
more than half
to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
respectfully yours (in closing a letter)
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
Yingshang, a county in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
on top of / at the summit
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
supreme / paramount / unsurpassed
becoming more prosperous with each passing day
as above; ditto; idem
to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career
courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
Murakami (Japanese surname)
Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior / lovers' rendezvous
to offend one's superiors
Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
in history
land-based / on land
bottom-up
to take along with one
Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
on water / aquatic
to say / to speak / to talk
worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
to tie on / to buckle up / to fasten
Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong / classically, upper reaches of Wen River in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
to plug into / to insert / to stick in
upper right

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