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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent
HSK 4
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
to remember
HSK 1
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
to win / to gain
HSK 4
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
to know
HSK 6
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
appropriate to the occasion / fitting
HSK 7-9
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
must / have to
Shetland Islands
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
not to enjoy popular support / to be unpopular
to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy)
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
appropriate / suitable
HSK 7-9
only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
to be worth mentioning
what one acquires / one's gains
to win; to gain
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
recipient
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
can see / can tell
HSK 7-9
to benefit from / thanks to
HSK 7-9
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
can be compared / to be very similar
to be able to withstand / to be able to endure
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
unworthy
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
to win a prize
(math.) numerical answer / solution
to cause or lead to sth bad
percentage of votes obtained
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)
happy and content (idiom)
HSK 7-9
vested interest
easily obtained / readily available
Peter (name)
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
flushed with success / proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc) / as pleased as punch
able / capable / competent / efficient
HSK 7-9
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
to find / to pick up / to collect
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
vote-getting
income tax
to fall ill / to contract a disease
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
to understand (by hearing) / to catch (what sb says)
to get one's name / named (after sth)

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