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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *更* | 更* | *更
more / even more / further / still / still more
HSK 2
more (than sth else) / even more
HSK 3
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
HSK 5
to change / to alter / to modify
HSK 6
even more (so)
HSK 6
to alter
HSK 7-9
change room; dressing room; locker room / (euphemism) toilet
HSK 7-9
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
HSK 7-9
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
to change / to replace / to alter
deep at night
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
to correct / to make a correction
resurrection / rebirth / reinvigorated / rejuvenated / a new lease of life
to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level
to rename
to change clothes / to go to the toilet (euphemism)
to alternate / to change
menopause / andropause
superior by a notch / a cut above / even better
redbreast / robin
reform and renewal / generational change
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
watch tower / drum tower marking night watches
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)
Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
Huygens (name) / Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch mathematician and astronomer
to keep watch during the night
to take over (from one another) / to alternate / to replace / to relay
lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again
third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]
to replace the old with new (idiom)
deep night
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
substitution / replacing former general / change of leader
fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
soldier (serving alternate watch)
water clock used to mark night watches
to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
to stay up through the night (idiom)
international date line
deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)
Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
in the dead of night (idiom)
to make a new start / to regenerate
too many to count / very many / innumerable
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
alternately / by turns
night watchman (in former times)
to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper
even more
to moonlight
to stop updating (content)
dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
to be even better than / to be superior to
dynamic update (Internet)
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
urban development project
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新)
(Internet slang) to update one's blog
new edition / new version / update
furthermore (idiom)
to change / to substitute
high performance
I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions


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