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HSK
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
within / less than
HSK 4
and; as well as
HSK 4
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
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to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
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old variant of
HSK 7-9
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old variant of
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
to such an extent as to / down to / up to
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
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abbr. for Israel 以色列
to the east of (suffix)
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
Israel
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
to the north of (suffix)
to the west of (suffix)
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
and so on / in a similar fashion
in order to
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
to the south of (suffix)
to learn from history (idiom)
by way of / to serve as
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to provide work to relieve poverty
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
Isaac (son of Abraham)
to replace one tyranny by another / to use violence against violence
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
since (some point in the past)
Ethernet
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
Book of Ezekiel
in the proper order / the following
for the benefit of the reader
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
to give one's heart to / to devote one's life to
Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians
Ephraim (city)
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to disrespect one's superiors / to offend one's elders
Eleazar (son of Eluid)
Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
Book of Ezra
for the sake of / in order to
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
to be prepared for accidents
to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
Eluid (son of Achim)
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
Book of Esther
to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying
to serve as a warning (idiom)
to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
to barter / barter
harmony is to be prized
Ethereum
in support or witness hereof (idiom)
to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)
to name sth after a person / named after / eponymous
people-oriented
debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
to number in the thousands
Elijah (Old Testament prophet)
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Israel-Egypt
Ethernet
Ethernet port
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard

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