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  *却* | 却* | *却
old variant of 卻|却
HSK 4
 
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  *却* | 却* | *却
but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
HSK 4
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  *还* | 还* | *还
surname Huan
 
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  *还* | 还* | *还
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
HSK 1
 
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  *还* | 还* | *还
to pay back / to return
HSK 1
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  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1
满足
to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content
HSK 3
早已
for a long time; long since / (dialect) in the past
HSK 3
称霸
lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom
千年
millennium
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  *着* | 着* | *着
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
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  *之* | 之* | *之
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of ) / him / her / it
HSK 7-9
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  *力* | 力* | *力
surname Li
 
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  *力* | 力* | *力
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
HSK 3
改写
to revise / to edit
各方
all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions
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  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
每个
each; every
角落
corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot; nook
HSK 7-9
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  *千* | 千* | *千
thousand
HSK 2
 
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  *千* | 千* | *千
HSK 2
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  *百* | 百* | *百
surname Bai
 
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  *百* | 百* | *百
hundred / numerous / all kinds of
HSK 1
年来
this past year / over the last years
打造
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
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  *支* | 支* | *支
surname Zhi
 
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  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
军团
corps / legion
只有
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
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  *征* | 征* | *征
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack
HSK 7-9
 
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  *征* | 征* | *征
to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
HSK 7-9
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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
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  *支* | 支* | *支
surname Zhi
 
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  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
军团
corps / legion
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
 
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  *服* | 服* | *服
classifier for medicine: dose / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
想要
to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
实习
to practice / field work / to intern / internship
HSK 2
工作
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
HSK 1
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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
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  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
 
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  *可* | 可* | *可
used in 可汗
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  *与* | 与* | *与
variant of 歟|欤
 
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  *与* | 与* | *与
and / to give / together with
HSK 6
 
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  *与* | 与* | *与
to take part in
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  *十* | 十* | *十
ten / 10
HSK 1
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  *环* | 环* | *环
surname Huan
 
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  *环* | 环* | *环
ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
HSK 3
传奇
legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
HSK 7-9


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