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HSK
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to remember
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 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 seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to win / to gain
HSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
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
to know
HSK 6
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
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
(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
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
to become
what one acquires / one's gains
to purchase / to acquire
to win; to gain
contented / pleased with one's position
to deserve
Pentax, Japanese optics company
Peter (name)
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
must / have to / be bound to
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 emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to
to obtain by an effort / to strive to get sth
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but
hard to come by / rare
fortunately / luckily / (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
Chad
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
intolerable; unacceptable
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
vested in / already obtained / vesting
cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit
easily obtained / readily available
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
Saint Peter
cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable
cannot blame / no wonder
index (loanword)
good / fine
(dialect) obviously / clearly
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
Yaoundé, capital city of Cameroon
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
to look (pretty, the same etc)
unavoidable / bound to (happen)
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
to earn
to get / to obtain
to earn (income) / to make (money)
to know
profit / gain
What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
hurriedly / in a frenzy
can go
to win (sth) in a bid
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
to arrive at (some place or time)
not count as
to be determined to win (idiom)
Polaroid (Tw)
Obed (son of Boaz and Ruth)
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
unworthy

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