| | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | HSK 4 |
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| | (after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间) | HSK 4 |
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| | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand | HSK 4 |
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| | in a word / in short / in brief | HSK 4 |
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| | outside / excluding | HSK 5 |
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| | inside; within | HSK 5 |
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| | under / beneath / less than | HSK 5 |
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| | inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during | HSK 5 |
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| | and so on / and such | HSK 6 |
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| | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | apart from this / in addition to this | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in other words | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 7-9 |
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| | by comparison | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) top priority job; matter of vital importance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unhealthy tendency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to take advantage of sb's precarious position | HSK 7-9 |
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| | of the utmost importance / of highest priority | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (indicating a fraction) | |
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| | during / at the time of | |
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| | one third | |
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| | the age of 30 | |
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| | troubled times / eventful period | |
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| | a slight effort | |
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| | for a long time | |
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| | percent | |
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| | a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely | |
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| | lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net | |
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| | priceless treasure | |
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| | rabble; disorderly band | |
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| | to take a laissez-faire attitude | |
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| | lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force | |
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| | family love and joy / domestic bliss | |
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| | overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning | |
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| | married man | |
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| | one fifth | |
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| | compassion | |
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| | trouble spot / sketchy area | |
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| | to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside | |
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| | old age | |
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| | complete nonsense (idiom) | |
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| | soul and spirit of the deceased | |
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| | to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab | |
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| | impossible to get rid of | |
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| | imprisonment | |
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| | (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation | |
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| | delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite | |
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| | a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat | |
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| | one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell | |
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| | land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) | |
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| | a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect | |
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| | to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels | |
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| | (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle / to have an unfair advantage in a contest | |
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| | tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority | |
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| | the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience | |
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| | one tenth | |
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| | above | |
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| | bad omen | |
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| | extremely | |
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| | nodding acquaintance | |
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| | the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success | |
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| | flattering words / inflated praise | |
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| | lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from | |
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| | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
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| | to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of | |
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| | The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人 | |
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| | thousand miles distant | |
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| | lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple | |
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| | to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately | |
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| | lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service | |
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| | in the unseen world of spirits / mysteriously and inexorably | |
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| | barren land / desert | |
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| | to apply sth more broadly / by logical extension / and, by extension, | |
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| | Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing | |
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| | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish | |
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| | Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi | |
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| | intimate friendship / bosom buddies | |
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| | to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) | |
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| | jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. | |
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| | (humble expression) my presumptuous request | |
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| | a nobody / a nonentity | |
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| | a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness | |
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| | lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment | |
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| | foresight | |
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| | one-quarter | |
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| | a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) | |
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| | the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | one half | |
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