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  *最* | 最* | *最
(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est / (after ) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 "the greatest in the world")
HSK 1
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
HSK 3
experiment / test / CL: , 個|个 / to experiment / experimental
HSK 3
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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
to test; to detect
HSK 4
experiment / test / CL: 個|个, / experimental / to experiment
HSK 3
to inspect / to examine / to test
HSK 5
as much as possible / to the greatest extent
HSK 3
second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up
HSK 5
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
to test / to put to the test / trial / ordeal
HSK 3
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
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  *卵* | 卵* | *卵
egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking
HSK 7-9
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  *考* | 考* | *考
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
HSK 1
proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個|个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of
HSK 3
to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand
HSK 3
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  *腸* | 腸* | *腸
intestines
HSK 5
to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
HSK 4
to compete; to race / contest; competition; match; race
HSK 5
grand contest
HSK 6
athlete / contestant
HSK 3
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
to take a pregnancy test
exam site; test center / key topic (to be tested in an exam)
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  *試* | 試* | *試
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
evidence / proof / testimony
HSK 3
electrician's test light; voltage tester
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  *槍* | 槍* | *槍
gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL: , , 桿|杆, 條|条, / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots
HSK 5
half of a game or contest / half-court
HSK 7-9
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  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
exam question / test topic
HSK 3
(neologism, attested by 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
(embryology) to involute; involution / (neologism, attested by 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
new style; latest type
HSK 7-9
Protestant / adherent of Protestantism
oral examination / oral test
HSK 6
latest / newest
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
first half of a game or contest
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
survival of the fittest (idiom)
(neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff)
James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish Protestant missionary in Qing China and translator of the Chinese classics into English
Job (name) / Book of Job in the Old Testament
well-tried / time-tested
in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation
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  *PUA* | PUA* | *PUA
(neologism, attested by 2019) to exert control over (sb) by means of psychological manipulation (e.g. negging) / a person who does so (loanword from "pickup artist")
new style / latest fashion / new model
HSK 7-9
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
confrontation / contest / showdown
second half of a game or contest
to bear witness; to testify / to serve as evidence
well tested over a long period of time (idiom) / seasoned
to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble
HSK 7-9
to fight over / to contest / to vie over
HSK 6
Lu You (1125–1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets
Elijah (Old Testament prophet)
to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
to protest / protest
HSK 6
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
HSK 7-9
the hottest part of summer sets in
(Protestant) Reformation
highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
(idiom) without the slightest difference
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
in uproar / commotion / causing a storm of protest / tumultuous
HSK 7-9
Protestantism
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
trial sale / test marketing
to tussle / to contend / to contest
HSK 7-9
to try out / to test
HSK 7-9
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations)
intelligence test
(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
HSK 7-9
to lie stretched out / (neologism, attested by 2021) to opt out of the rat race
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
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  *儘* | 儘* | *儘
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to
HSK 7-9
to detest / hatred
testament / will
HSK 7-9
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
anti-government (protest)
digestive system / gastrointestinal tract
(med) retractile testicle / infatuation inducing / pee inducing (of alcohol) / (neologism) to be sexually attracted / to have the hots for sb
false testimony
(neologism, attested by 2018) (slang) simp; person who resorts to cringeworthy fawning behavior in pursuing sb who does not requite their affections
to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc)
to take a test or exam for sb
Coxsachie A intestinal virus
to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
dummy (for crash testing, displaying clothes etc)

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