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HSK
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
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
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
within / less than
HSK 4
and; as well as
HSK 4
in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
HSK 5
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
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to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
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old variant of
HSK 7-9
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old variant of
HSK 7-9
to give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated
HSK 7-9
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
HSK 7-9
to such an extent as to / down to / up to
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
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abbr. for Israel 以色列
to the east of (suffix)
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
Israel
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
to label / to call
to the north of (suffix)
to the west of (suffix)
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
in order to / so as to
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
and so on / in a similar fashion
in order to
to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
(math.) divided by
(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
(literary) why / how
diligent and tireless (idiom)
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
to give / to grant
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
to the south of (suffix)
not to mind / unconcerned
to learn from history (idiom)
by way of / to serve as
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
to take sth to be true
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
to be left speechless / unable to respond
accustomed to / used to
to study sth in order to apply it
tens of thousands / numerous
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
to be lenient with others (idiom)
to provide work to relieve poverty
hundreds of
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
(idiom) since birth; for one's whole life
to get carried away / to forget oneself
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law

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