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HSK
to decorate / decoration / decorative / ornamental
HSK 5
apparel / clothing and personal adornment
HSK 7-9
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
HSK 7-9
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
ornament (jewelry, accoutrements etc) / decorations
to act / to play a part
ornament / item of jewelry / accessory
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
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  *饰* | 饰* | *饰
decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
decorations / jewelry
hanging decoration
head ornament
ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
decorative motif / figure
to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer
to carve / to decorate / carved / decorated
to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
pendant (jewelry)
gold ornaments
window decoration
ornament / pendant
to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over
ornamental design
to pretend that everything is going well
to adorn / to embellish
to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
to dress up
to prettify; to dress (sth) up
excuse / pretext
knickknack / ornament / decorative item
fringe
ornamental facing / veneer
to decorate / decoration
ornamental border
sash / streamer
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
kerchief as head ornament
a cover-up
clothes and ornaments
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
ornament / ornamentation
(theater) set dressing / trim prop
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
undisguised
diamanté
modifier (grammar)
interior decor
premodifier (grammar)
coating agent / finishing agent
postmodifier (grammar)
fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol)
to refresh / to renew
tassel
blue lace flower (Trachymene caerulea)
ornament
(bird species of China) buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)


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