| | to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format | HSK 1 |
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| | to drive a car | HSK 1 |
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| | to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting | HSK 1 |
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| | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | HSK 1 |
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| | to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show | HSK 2 |
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| | (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term | HSK 2 |
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| | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb | HSK 2 |
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| | to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop | HSK 3 |
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| | to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality | HSK 3 |
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| | to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open | HSK 3 |
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| | to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) | HSK 3 |
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| | boiled water / boiling water | HSK 4 |
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| | to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish | HSK 4 |
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| | to open (a conference) / to inaugurate | HSK 5 |
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| | opening ceremony | HSK 5 |
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| | power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off | HSK 6 |
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| | to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service) | HSK 6 |
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| | beginning / to start | HSK 6 |
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| | to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc) | HSK 6 |
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| | to initiate; to start; to found | HSK 6 |
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| | to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night | HSK 6 |
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| | to open / to start / (computing) to enable | HSK 7-9 |
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| | wide / open (spaces) / to open up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to open one's mouth / to start to talk | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to open up / to set up / to establish | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to open fire / to shoot a gun | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | expenditures; expenses (CL: 筆|笔, 項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to open a business / first transaction of a business day | HSK 7-9 |
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| | development zone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree | HSK 7-9 |
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| | opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc | |
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| | to begin a (judicial) court session | |
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| | to open shop | |
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| | to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw | |
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| | to begin a lecture / to start on a story | |
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| | Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁 | |
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| | to open (sth that has been sealed) | |
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| | open-minded | |
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| | to open an account (bank etc) | |
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| | to commence trading (stock market) | |
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| | to draw up (a document) | |
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| | to open fire | |
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| | to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business | |
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| | to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten | |
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| | start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词 | |
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| | (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows | |
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| | slit (in clothing) | |
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| | school begins / give a course / teach a subject | |
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| | Cape Town (city in South Africa) | |
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| | to announce the winners in a lottery | |
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| | Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity | |
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| | to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out / to start digging | |
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| | (agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program) | |
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| | to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) | |
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| | to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码) | |
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| | to open up land (for agriculture) | |
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| | to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) | |
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| | founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc | |
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| | to become enlightened (Buddhism) | |
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| | to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market) | |
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| | buttoned Chinese tunic / unbuttoned (to cool down) | |
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| | to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit | |
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| | to found a state / to open a closed country | |
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| | Kaiping, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong / Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei | |
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| | to found / to establish / to set up / to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc) | |
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| | to unlock | |
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| | to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery | |
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| | book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16 開|16 开 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开) | |
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| | Kaiyuan, county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan | |
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| | eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) | |
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| | to start a war / to make war / to battle against | |
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| | a good beginning | |
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| | to speak out / to start speaking | |
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| | (a peacock) spreads its tail | |
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| | Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan | |
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| | (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading / to make the first transaction of the day | |
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| | to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons | |
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| | to start a match / the kick-off | |
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| | Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan | |
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| | Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion | |
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| | to open a book / open-book (exam) | |
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| | outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state) | |
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| | Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning | |
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| | lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results | |
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| | to serve a meal | |
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| | to open fire | |
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| | unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺 / width of a room / (architecture) bay | |
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