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HSK
(in) the same place / together; in company (with) / altogether; in total / an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
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
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
to get out of bed; to get up
HSK 1
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
(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 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
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
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
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
HSK 5
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
to raise / to hoist / to rise
to start / at first / beginning
together
to provoke / to stir up / to incite
HSK 7-9
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
from zero / from scratch / beginners' (course) / for beginners
compared with
HSK 7-9
cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
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
to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound
to sound like
starting point
HSK 6
to pick up
lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up / turbulent times / violent development (idiom)
to remember / to recall
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
to lift up
crane
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
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 mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
HSK 7-9
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
(of a group of people) to rush into action
erection / to have an erection
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener
to get better / to improve / to get well
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up
HSK 7-9
proposer / initiator / founding member
HSK 7-9
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
convex / protruding / to protrude / to bulge / to buckle upwards
living room
origin of mankind
to be able to pay / affordable
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster
tax threshold
to summon one's courage
to be on an equal footing
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
cannot afford / can't afford buying
HSK 7-9
Jintian Uprising
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses
to get up in the night to urinate
Van de Graaff generator
to put together
to be unable to pay / unaffordable
to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
to well up / to boil out / to bubble forth / to spurt
(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]
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
to start running / the start of a race
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook
to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
HSK 7-9
to start from scratch (idiom)
everyday life / regular pattern of life
lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous
to raise one's head / to perk up
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
living room / sitting room
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)

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