| | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293 年) / former / formerly | HSK 1 |
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| | the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up | HSK 1 |
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| | on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5] | HSK 3 |
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| | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on | HSK 2 |
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| | top quality / front ranking | HSK 5 |
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| | head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched") | HSK 5 |
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| | face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | HSK 2 |
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| | to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers | HSK 2 |
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| | extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top | HSK 4 |
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| | plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that | HSK 5 |
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| | lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build | HSK 4 |
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| | sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL: 件 | HSK 6 |
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| | top salesperson; sales champion / top-selling product; best-selling model | |
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| | top student; outstanding student; standout performer | |
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| | the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups | HSK 7-9 |
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| | superior quality / high grade / top grade | HSK 6 |
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| | apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | HSK 4 |
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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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| | to attack / to accuse / to study / (LGBT) top | HSK 7-9 |
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| | first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
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| | (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom | |
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| | top-quality | |
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| | (idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top-quality / top-grade | |
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| | (coll.) top aide; senior personal secretary (to a senior official) | |
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| | full throttle / top speed | |
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| | boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste | |
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| | high-level leadership / top brass | |
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| | at top speed / at a tremendous lick | HSK 7-9 |
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| | highest quality / top-notch | |
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| | top news story | |
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| | (Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up | |
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| | to win; to prevail; to come out on top | |
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| | tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade | |
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| | to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system | |
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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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| | top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt | |
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| | big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP | |
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| | pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | set-top box | |
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| | to recharge (money onto a card); to top up | |
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| | first rate / top rank / number one | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (coll.) top-ranked female; leading female; top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) | |
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| | top of the head | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top-notch; first-rate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top athlete / heroic warrior | |
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| | a cut above / top quality | |
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| | top-notch efficiency | |
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| | tank top / sleeveless undershirt | |
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| | 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively) | |
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| | on top of / at the summit | |
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| | to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) | |
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| | header / top margin on a page | |
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| | top three | |
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| | to top up / to fill to the brim | |
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| | top speed / at full speed | |
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| | top student | |
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| | commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations | |
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| | especially urgent / top priority | |
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| | to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory | HSK 7-9 |
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| | excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning | |
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| | aides and advisors of top officials | |
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| | (sports) top eight / quarterfinals | |
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| | (coll.) top-ranked male; leading male; top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) | |
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| | top notch; highest quality | |
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| | mid-top (shoes) | |
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| | first rate / top class / excellent | |
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| | (card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 | |
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| | top fashion model | |
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| | excellent / tip-top | |
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| | top of the list | |
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| | special grade / top quality | |
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| | hat that goes with formal dress / top hat | |
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| | top general / commander-in-chief | |
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| | the top four | |
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| | top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front | |
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| | grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker | |
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| | top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns) | |
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| | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | |
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| | (perfumery) top note | |
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| | La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system | |
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| | very loudly / at the top of one's voice | |
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| | top-down | |
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| | low-top (shoes) | |
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| | top bar / crown bar | |
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| | (slang) top-tier celebrity or influencer (abbr. for 頂級流量|顶级流量) | |
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| | (archaic) adept and valiant military general / skilled athlete; top player / champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions) (abbr. for 運動健將|运动健将) | |
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| | to take command; to be in command / (fig.) to take precedence; to be paramount; to be given top priority | |
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| | to be balding / to be thinning on top | |
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| | to dominate a chart; to top a ranking | |
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| | mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret | |
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| | dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails | |
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| | red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies | |
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| | top secret | |
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| | (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor | |
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| | bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower) | |
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