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to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of
HSK 4
to separate
HSK 4
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
to separate / to isolate
HSK 7-9
misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier
HSK 7-9
diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert
divider; partition
to cut off; to isolate / isolated (from the world)
to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc)
compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area
partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition
soundproofing
overnight / of the previous day
(idiom) every few days; every once in a while
half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
see 隔天
separated by a generation / a lifetime ago
the walls have ears (idiom)
to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) / fig. beside the point / ineffectual
partition / partition board
variant of 隔三差五
Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
the next day / on alternate days
from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
grease trap
insulation
next-door neighbor
to interlace / to interleave (computing)
apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案|档案)
interlaced scanning
ghetto (loanword)
walls have ears
lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
partition board
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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