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HSK
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
to remember
HSK 1
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  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
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  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
to win / to gain
HSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent
HSK 4
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to know
HSK 6
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
can see / visible
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
able / capable / competent / efficient
HSK 7-9
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪
HSK 7-9
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
appropriate / suitable
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
no wonder! / so that's why!
HSK 7-9
happy and content (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
appropriate to the occasion / fitting
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
unable to change sth / unable to deal with
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
to benefit from / thanks to
HSK 7-9
rarely seen
HSK 7-9
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
variant of 得意洋洋
HSK 7-9
can see / can tell
HSK 7-9
vote-getting
to become
what one acquires / one's gains
to purchase / to acquire
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
to win; to gain
to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
to win a prize
compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love
at one's convenience / when one has time
to benefit (from sth)
to offend sb / to make a faux pas / a faux pas / see also 得罪
contented / pleased with one's position
to deserve
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
Pentax, Japanese optics company
(math.) numerical answer / solution
to fall ill / to contract a disease
to be able to withstand / to be able to endure
to triumph over an opponent
Peter (name)
to worry about personal gains and losses
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
to derive benefit
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
Texas, US state
must / have to / be bound to
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
must / have to
to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy)
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
to find / to pick up / to collect
not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances / forced into sth
to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
to obtain by an effort / to strive to get sth
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to produce the opposite of the desired result

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