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HSK
concept / idea / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions
HSK 3
to commemorate; to honor the memory of / memento; keepsake; souvenir
HSK 3
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
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  *念* | 念* | *念
variant of , to read aloud
HSK 3
to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
HSK 4
to cherish the memory of / to think of / to reminisce
HSK 4
faith / belief / conviction
HSK 5
to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
HSK 7-9
idea / concept / philosophy / theory
HSK 7-9
to grieve
HSK 7-9
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
to keep as a souvenir / to recall fondly
HSK 7-9
suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare
HSK 7-9
monument
HSK 7-9
day of commemoration / memorial day
HSK 7-9
memorial hall / commemorative museum
HSK 7-9
prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake
distracting thoughts
to care for / to worry about
wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire
desire
to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha
momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action
(idiom) to constantly think about; to be preoccupied with; to set one's heart on
to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly
to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind
to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of / aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake; memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
to recall fondly / to remember with emotion
to read out / to recite / to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
wild fantasy / unwarranted thought
every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
to mumble / to mutter to oneself
(coll.) to regret / what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")
to think fondly of
to chant a magic spell / to recite incantations
to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
to recollect
idea / thought
sudden idea / flash of thought
do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
to talk about often / to reminisce about / to keep repeating / to keep harping on / to discuss
to pray / to say one's prayers
see 念叨
obsession (CL:) / (when followed by 於|于) to be obsessive (about)
to consider sb else's position / to put oneself in sb else's shoes
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
psychokinesis; telekinesis
basic concept
variant of 紀念|纪念
doubt
souvenir
to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter
(literary) to be reassured / not to worry
conceptualization
lust
pitiable / likable / memorable
memorial badge / souvenir badge / CL:
commemorative album; autograph book; (graduation) yearbook
superordinate concept
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square
mind map
sudden idea / flash of insight
every family has its problems (idiom)
concept-driven processing
memorial hall / mausoleum
the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
Memorial Day (American holiday)
King-to Nin Jiom, or just Nin Jiom, manufacturer of 枇杷膏 cough medicine
artificial concept
memorial
(of a waiter) to call out (a customer's order to the kitchen)
(courteous) to be so kind as to think of (me)
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
compelling notion / obsession
to study for a degree / to take a degree course
(coll.) keepsake; memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
memorial day / commemoration day
(medicine) candidiasis / thrush
eccentric notion / strange whim
telekinesis
to have a sentimental attachment to (a place) / to miss (one's ancestral home etc) / to be nostalgic about
to enumerate one by one
to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician
proof of concept
extreme solicitude (idiom); expressing the deepest condolences / to feel deeply concerned
(literary) to ponder
rosary (Catholic prayer beads)
trophy
commemorative postage stamp

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