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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *填* | 填* | *填
to fill or stuff / (of a form etc) to fill in
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滿* | 滿* | *滿
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented
HSK 2
to be covered with / to be filled with
HSK 6
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
down-filled garment
HSK 5
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *補* | 補* | *補
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *充* | 充* | *充
sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as
HSK 7-9
to fill in a form / to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撐* | 撐* | *撐
to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support
HSK 6
to eat one's fill
to fill a blank space / to fill a slot (in a newspaper column, a TV program etc)
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc)
HSK 7-9
to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
HSK 7-9
to fill up; to stuff / to fill in a blank space
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墊* | 墊* | *墊
pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
HSK 7-9
to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number) / to serve as stopgap
to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
HSK 7-9
to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
HSK 7-9
to have had enough of / to be fed up with / to have had one's fill of
to consider / to deliberate / to fill up a cup to the brim
to fill up / to cram / to stuff
saturated; filled to capacity
HSK 7-9
fill-in-the-blank question
to fill sb in (on the details of sth) / to put all one's cards on the table
lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil / replete with vice / guilty of monstrous crimes
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
to fill a post of; to act as
to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
to fill / to occupy completely
filled with / internal decoration / installed inside
to eat one's fill
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag; hacky sack
seat occupancy rate; percentage of available seats that are filled (in a theater, cinema, restaurant etc)
to be filled with (things arranged in rows) / (of a schedule) to be packed; to be fully booked
to eat one's fill / to be full
to fill a bowl with rice
lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled
filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操)
lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced
to act as substitute / to fill in for sb
(of snow etc) to fill the sky
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space
to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed
to eat one's fill
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere / as far as the eye can see
to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency
one's heart filled with / full of (joy)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盈* | 盈* | *盈
full / filled / surplus
majestic; boundless / to fill; to pervade
to suffer enough from / to suffer all kinds of / to have one's fill of
to fill in and submit (a form)
to eat one's fill / to have a good meal
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
to fill out a form; to complete a form
crowded to bursting point / filled to overflowing / jam-packed
to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
brim full / filled to overflowing
to fill boxes and baskets to the brim (with treasures)
to fill up
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
lit. to fill one's eyes with glittering jewels / a literary masterpiece or sb of extraordinary talent (idiom)
to bag / to fill (a bag) / bagging
to top up / to fill to the brim
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand)
shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節|清明节
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敜* | 敜* | *敜
to fill up or cover up a hole
to fill (up) / to replenish
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish
to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint) / to communicate a moral / to convey the Way / to express (idea, preference, complaint)
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom) / fig. everywhere; as far as the eye can see
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
fills the eyes (of a beautiful view, scene of desolation etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窴* | 窴* | *窴
fill in
to fill gaps with seedlings
to drink one's fill
filled with / preoccupied with
water-filled barrier
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *溜* | 溜* | *溜
swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *載* | 載* | *載
to carry / to convey / to load / to hold / to fill up / and / also / as well as / simultaneously

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