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HSK
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to remember
HSK 1
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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
to win / to gain
HSK 4
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
to know
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
not necessarily / not likely
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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
what one acquires / one's gains
to win; to gain
to become
to look (pretty, the same etc)
contented / pleased with one's position
to deserve
Pentax, Japanese optics company
Peter (name)
must / have to / be bound to
must / have to
to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy)
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
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
to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
to purchase / to acquire
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
fortunately / luckily / (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
Chad
to obtain by an effort / to strive to get sth
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
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
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
(dialect) obviously / clearly
unavoidable / bound to (happen)
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
Yaoundé, capital city of Cameroon
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
to earn
to earn (income) / to make (money)
first come first served
can go
profit / gain
What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
hurriedly / in a frenzy
(literary) How can one get...?; Oh, if only there were... (rhetorical wish) / (literary) Is it possible that...?; How can this be? (interrogative disbelief)
to win (sth) in a bid
(idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
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)
how can one be sure?
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
to obtain (permission etc)
within reach
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢 by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?

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