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HSK
customer; client / CL:
HSK 2
to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after
HSK 2
adviser / consultant
HSK 5
in spite of; regardless of
HSK 5
to look back / to review
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顾* | 顾* | *顾
to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
HSK 6
to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
HSK 6
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
to take into consideration / to attend to
HSK 7-9
to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
HSK 7-9
misgivings; apprehensions / to worry about; to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
HSK 7-9
to visit (as a customer)
HSK 7-9
unable to change sth / unable to deal with
HSK 7-9
cannot attend to or manage
HSK 7-9
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顾* | 顾* | *顾
surname Gu
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils
as the name implies
lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
(idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth) / (idiom) unheeding; reckless
(literary) to look around / (literary) to care for
your patronage
to look around
to take care of one's family
to care for / to worry about
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
to have misgivings / apprehension / worry / qualm / scruple
client / customer
an overall plan taking into account all factors
to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country)
(idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns
to look around / to survey
to watch over
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs / too busy to spare time for anything extra
to take loving care of / to value
to give careful consideration to / to display thoughtfulness towards
each minding his own business
to glance back / (fig.) to regret; to have second thoughts about sth
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
to look forward and back cautiously
to turn one's head and look around
to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)
outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)
(old) customer
to adequately take into account both public and private interests
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
to honor (sb) by one's visit; to patronize (a shop or restaurant)
to ignore; to disregard
to neglect / to misuse / to mistreat / to abuse
to look around
the customer reigns supreme (idiom)
Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
general counsel
retrospective (exhibition)
to look over one's shoulder constantly (like a wolf) / to be fearful
(of sb who is preoccupied with doing sth) to pay no heed to (a less pressing consideration)
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
(of a person) left unattended / not cared for
to look back at history
regardless of life or death (idiom)
to say one thing and do another (idiom)
Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇


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