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HSK
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
to get out of bed; to get up
HSK 1
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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
(in) the same place / together; in company (with) / altogether; in total / an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
HSK 1
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
HSK 2
to recall / to think of / to call to mind
HSK 2
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
starting point
HSK 6
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
compared with
HSK 7-9
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
proposer / initiator / founding member
HSK 7-9
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
HSK 7-9
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up
HSK 7-9
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
to provoke / to stir up / to incite
HSK 7-9
cannot afford / can't afford buying
HSK 7-9
to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
HSK 7-9
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
HSK 7-9
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
continuously arising / to arise repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
(Tw) (loanword) cheese
beginning and end (dates)
the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
to name / to christen / to take a name
everyday life / regular pattern of life
erection / to have an erection
chipper (golf)
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after ) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. ) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5]
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
to get up early
to originate / origin; genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor
to start / at first / beginning
to set about (doing sth)
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
to raise one's head / to perk up
a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve
to arise again / to make a comeback / resurgence
to originate
to get up / to leave / to set forth
to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
crane
to rise high; to spring up
to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
to bubble / to foam / to blister / to sprout boils (on one's body) / sparkling (wine etc)
to appear / to emerge / to surface
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path
motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose
(of aircraft) to take off and land
to spring up everywhere / from all around
baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener
screwdriver
to well up / to boil out / to bubble forth / to spurt
to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
to appear suddenly / projection / bit sticking out
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)
to calculate / to estimate / in total / all told / (fig.) if you think about it
convex / protruding / to protrude / to bulge / to buckle upwards
(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
living room / sitting room
to prosecute sb
(idiom) to rise to fame
seeing riches provokes evil designs
Fenchihu, town in Chiayi County, Taiwan
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
peasant revolt
(aviation) landing gear; undercarriage
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out

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