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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
else / other
HSK 1
(there are) some (who are...) / some (exist)
HSK 1
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
have plenty of / there's no lack of
HSK 3
really / indeed
HSK 4
seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
HSK 4
destination (location)
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective
HSK 7-9
nothing to pick on; really good / nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
Baltic Sea
taxi (loanword)
Montevideo, capital of Uruguay
what for / why / how
Tripoli, capital of Libya / Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
abbr. of 麵包車的士|面包车的士 / minivan taxi
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
Scandinavia
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
yes, that's right / variant of 似的
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
Midea (brand)
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
(HK) (loanword) disco
Trieste, port city in Italy
dacron (loanword)
Cardiff
target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
homing / target-seeking (military)
bogus / ersatz / fake / mock / phony
(coll.) food
really / after all / details / particulars
drat / frick / (euphemistic variant of 媽的|妈的)
reliable funds
female taxi driver
(old) wife
you're most welcome / sure thing! / I did what I was supposed to do
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
bull's-eye / target / objective
You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
woman
Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago
motorcycle taxi / abbr. for 摩托車的士|摩托车的士
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
Cádiz, Spain
sometimes / at times
lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
the great majority
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
(idiom) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
standard / norm / criterion
there's no place like home (idiom)
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
Minecraft (video game)
spilt water / (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved / spilt milk
Lake Titicaca
sb who is easy to deal with
waiter
Mosaic Law
Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
trivial (matters) / triviality / nonsense / rubbish
qualitative leap
Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special
odd-jobs worker
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
(taboo curse) damn it! / fucking
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
Netherlands Antilles
bulging
not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with
to get tough / to use force
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
(coll.) to take a taxi / to go by taxi
fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

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