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  *開* | 開* | *開
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
to depart; to leave
HSK 2
to separate / to part
HSK 2
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2
to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
HSK 3
open; overt; public / to make public; to release
HSK 3
to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery)
HSK 3
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
to separate
HSK 4
to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together
HSK 4
to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase
HSK 4
inseparable / inevitably linked to
HSK 4
blooming / in full flower
HSK 7-9
to open wide / unrestrictedly
HSK 7-9
to throw out / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
to spread out / to unfold
(of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot / (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off!
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
to open wide
cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
to avoid / to evade / to keep away from
to uncover / to open
to let go / to release
to open up / to spread / to extend
to split open
semiovert / more or less open
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
to open (one's eyes)
to lift open / to tear open
to open up
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
to separate / to disperse
to get out of the way / to step aside
to boil
to pull apart / to pry open with the hands
to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open
(idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
to come to accept an unpleasant fact / to get over sth / to cheer up
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)
to push aside / to part / to brush away
to disregard; to leave aside
to pry open; to lever open
to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
to get out of the way
besides / except / to get rid of (sb) / (math.) to divide
(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
to burst forth
to stagger (times)
to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
to spread out after being diluted or melted / to dissolve into a liquid
to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
to be wide open
to send (sb) away / to change the subject / to open (an umbrella etc)
to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
to saw
Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong
to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
to break open
to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
ratio seventy to thirty / thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
be unpopular / won't work
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
(dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master
octavo
to feel embarrassed
impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out
to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject)
to shake off / to get rid of
to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path)
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
to strip sb of their Party membership and government job (開除黨籍開除公職|开除党籍开除公职)
to dig into / to cut a mine into
splash
to withdraw
to reopen
(of news) to spread / to get around
to move away
lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom) / fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere
to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|的大门) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~
to split / to cut open
to lure away / to divert
to disperse
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards
to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet
perturbative expansion (physics)
to boil (food)
to feel unembarrassed; to be at ease / (dialect) to be convinced; to come round

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