| | best / had better ...; it would be best to ... | HSK 1 |
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| | strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强 | HSK 3 |
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| | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | HSK 4 |
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| | pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop | HSK 6 |
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| | optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) | HSK 6 |
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| | the charts (of best-sellers) / table of ranking | HSK 6 |
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| | to select the best | HSK 6 |
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| | best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul | HSK 7-9 |
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| | peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make every effort to / striving to do one's best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | at most / at best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers | HSK 7-9 |
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| | at most; at best | |
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| | (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial | |
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| | to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled | |
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| | optimal / the best | |
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| | carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow | |
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| | perfect (idiom); perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets | |
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| | to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand | |
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| | to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) | |
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| | to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too | |
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| | (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one | |
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| | splendid clothes / rich attire / one's Sunday best | |
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| | to rank among the best | |
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| | to settle for second best / the next best thing | |
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| | best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities | |
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| | to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards / to devote attention to | |
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| | the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte | |
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| | chief / first / brightest and best | |
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| | to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense | |
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| | to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist | |
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| | (male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner | |
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| | (idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time | |
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| | with swagger / ostentatiously / to make the best use of one's strengths | |
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| | movie queen; best actress award winner | |
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| | to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything | |
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| | Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers | |
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| | elite (e.g. troops) / crack / best quality personnel | |
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| | to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy | |
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| | select the best people for promotion | |
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| | best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster | |
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| | not to do one's best / not to exert oneself | |
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| | congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home! | |
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| | (idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible | |
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| | first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] | |
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| | to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing) | |
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| | to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result / to have high ambitions | |
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| | lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock | |
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| | a best-seller / a hot property | |
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| | lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment | |
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| | to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) | |
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| | lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night | |
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| | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | to scoop the best camera shots / to grab the limelight | |
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| | a secret / sth best not told to anyone / confidential information | |
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| | lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) / fig. the best is saved for last | |
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| | to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc) | |
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| | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down | |
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| | best man | |
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| | brightest and best / chief / first among peers | |
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| | best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers | |
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| | wise policy / best policy | |
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| | best of its kind / cream of the crop | |
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| | to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own | |
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| | the best part (of a play etc) | |
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| | lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through | |
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| | to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities | |
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| | the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet | |
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| | best friend | |
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| | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | (idiom) to exhaust all one has / to leave no stone unturned / to try one's best | |
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| | employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才 | |
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| | lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land | |
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| | vigorously / to the utmost / to the best of one's ability | |
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| | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds | |
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| | to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition | |
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| | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds | |
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| | best man (in a marriage) | |
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| | family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance | |
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| | as far as possible; to the best of one's ability | |
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| | the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy | |
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| | to select the best (for a job) | |
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| | to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well | |
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| | best friend | |
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| | lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch) | |
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| | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
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| | to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field | |
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| | Best Buy (retailer) | |
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| | lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group | |
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| | to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) | |
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| | Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty | |
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| | wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence) | |
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| | He laughs best who laughs last. | |
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| | He laughs best who laughs last. | |
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| | first class / top / world best | |
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| | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
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| | to fall short of the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster | |
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