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| | to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给 or 出 etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着) by; with | HSK 2 |
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| | Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL: 棵, 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | occasionally / once in a while / sometimes | HSK 5 |
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| | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun 的命) / CL: 次 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground | HSK 7-9 |
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| | girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sometimes good, sometimes bad | HSK 7-9 |
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| | surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫 in recent years) | |
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| | island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) | |
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| | to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) | |
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| | different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity) | |
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| | to rhyme / sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 | |
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| | pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph | |
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| | argument / view (sometimes derogatory) | |
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| | where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) | |
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| | (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff | |
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| | inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers) | |
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| | a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck. | |
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| | public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) (abbr. for 公共知識分子|公共知识分子) | |
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| | King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character | |
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| | Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls | |
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| | father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius) | |
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| | (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count) | |
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| | sometimes / at times | |
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| | King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc | |
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| | Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit | |
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| | pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph | |
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| | to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連, 有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连, 有苦说不出 | |
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| | Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞 in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史 | |
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| | Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) | |
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| | (Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin) | |
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| | University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology | |
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| | lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes | |
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| | primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia) | |
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| | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 / also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐 | |
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| | sometimes big, sometimes small / varying | |
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| | (derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest) | |
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| | (Tw) (abbr. for 教育與娛樂|教育与娱乐) education and entertainment, the 5th and 6th aspects of life beyond the four basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation 食衣住行 / (sometimes used to signify edutainment or just recreation) | |
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| | transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character | |
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| | Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail) | |
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| | even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom) | |
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