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HSK
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
HSK 3
development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
HSK 2
to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to issue / to publish
HSK 3
well-developed; flourishing / to develop; to promote; to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
HSK 3
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect / a discovery
HSK 2
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 4
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
HSK 3
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
HSK 4
invoice; receipt; bill / uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票)
HSK 4
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
to become inflamed / inflammation
HSK 6
to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission
HSK 5
to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse
HSK 3
to get rich
HSK 7-9
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
HSK 5
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
to get angry
HSK 6
news conference / briefing
HSK 7-9
news conference / briefing
HSK 7-9
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to flare up; to break out
HSK 7-9
place of origin / birthplace / source
HSK 7-9
hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo
HSK 7-9
spokesperson
HSK 6
to flip out / to act out violently
to ferment / (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop
HSK 7-9
to become aware / to detect / to realize / to perceive
HSK 5
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
to worry / to fret / to be anxious / to become sad
HSK 7-9
to send a text message / to text / to send SMS messages
to develop / to make full use of
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
developing country
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
transponder / electronic device that responds to a radio code
to dispatch / to send out goods
to give a speech
to invent and innovate / inventions and innovations
braid
fan / zealot
to have sexual relations with sb / to have dealings with
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
(of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition)
HSK 6
to stare blankly; to be in a daze
HSK 7-9
to faint
power station
to excavate / to explore / (fig.) to unearth / to tap into
HSK 7-9
incidence of a disease / disease rate
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to become rich / enrichment
(zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut
to dispatch an army / to send troops
to vow / to pledge / to swear
HSK 7-9
publisher; distributor; issuer
engine; motor / CL: 臺|台
to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
hair grip / hair clip
hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL: , 間|间
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
to become agitated / to feel nervous
to tremble / to shake / to shiver
HSK 7-9
to issue an order
inventor
the right of speech
to give vent to (one's feelings)
HSK 7-9
to develop / to mature / growth / development / (sexually) mature
HSK 7-9
to evolve from
proposer / initiator / founding member
HSK 7-9
to make easy money / to make a fortune / to line one's pockets
transmitter
to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance
departure (of a coach or train) / to dispatch a vehicle
to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought
to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous
to tickle / to itch
hair ends
payday
to weaken / to go soft (at the knees)
hair stylist
inventor
expanded polystyrene (EPS) / styrofoam
(tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off
to award a prize
light-emitting diode / LED
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(HK) (real estate etc) developer
burning hot
power plant
to shine / shiny
to turn pale / to lose color / to go white
(of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer / (of a journalist) to send a dispatch

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