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| 当然 |  |  | only natural  / as it should be  / certainly  / of course  / without doubt   | HSK 3  | 
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| 这 |  |  | (pronoun) this; these  / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)  / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)   | HSK 1  | 
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| 也 |  |  | surname Ye   |  | 
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|   |  |  | also; too; as well; (not ...) either   / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)   / (literary) particle having functions similar to  啊  | HSK 1  | 
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| 仅仅 |  |  | barely  / only  / merely  / only (this and nothing more)   | HSK 3  | 
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| 是 |  |  | to be (followed by substantives only)  / correct; right; true  / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well  / (adverb for emphatic assertion)   | HSK 1  | 
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| 宽裕 |  |  | comfortably off  / ample  / plenty   |  | 
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| 一些 |  |  | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er   | HSK 1  | 
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| 毕竟 |  |  | after all  / all in all  / when all is said and done  / in the final analysis   | HSK 5  | 
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| 家里 |  |  | home   | HSK 1  | 
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| 还 |  |  | surname Huan   |  | 
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|   |  |  | 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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|   |  |  | to pay back  / to return   | HSK 1  | 
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| 白 |  |  | surname Bai   |  | 
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|   |  |  | white  / snowy  / pure  / bright  / empty  / blank  / plain  / clear  / to make clear  / in vain  / gratuitous  / free of charge  / reactionary  / anti-communist  / funeral  / to stare coldly  / to write wrong character  / to state  / to explain  / vernacular  / spoken lines in opera   | HSK 1  | 
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| 养 |  |  | to raise (animals)  / to bring up (children)  / to keep (pets)  / to support  / to give birth   | HSK 2  | 
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| 了 |  |  | (completed action marker)  / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)  / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)   | HSK 1  | 
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|   |  |  | to finish   / (used with  得 or  不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in  忘不了 "cannot forget")   / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as  無|无 or  不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least   / to understand clearly (variant of  瞭|了)   | HSK 3  | 
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|   |  |  | (of eyes) bright  / clear-sighted  / to understand clearly   | HSK 3  | 
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|   |  |  | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)  / (bound form) individual   | HSK 1  | 
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| 秀才 |  |  | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)  / scholar  / skillful writer  / fine talent   |  | 
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| 坯子 |  |  | base  / semifinished product  / (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)   |  | 
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| 老 |  |  | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity  / old (of people)  / venerable (person)  / experienced  / of long standing  / always  / all the time  / of the past  / very  / outdated  / (of meat etc) tough   | HSK 1  | 
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| 四 |  |  | four  / 4   | HSK 1  | 
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| 呢 |  |  | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")  / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")  / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")  / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action  / particle indicating strong affirmation   | HSK 1  | 
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| 成天 |  |  | (coll.) all day long  / all the time   | HSK 7-9  | 
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| 什么 |  |  | what?  / something; anything   | HSK 1  | 
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| 活儿 |  |  | work  / (lots of) things to do   | HSK 7-9  | 
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| 都 |  |  | surname Du   |  | 
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|   |  |  | all; both; entirely  / (used for emphasis) even  / already  / (not) at all   | HSK 1  | 
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|   |  |  | capital city  / metropolis   |  | 
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| 不 |  |  | no; not so  / (bound form) not; un-   | HSK 1  | 
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|   |  |  | surname Gan   |  | 
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|   |  |  | dry  / dried food  / empty; hollow  / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster  / futile; in vain  / (dialect) rude; blunt  / (dialect) to cold-shoulder   | HSK 1  | 
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|   |  |  | surname Gan   |  | 
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|   |  |  | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with   / one of the ten heavenly stems  天干  / (archaic) shield   | HSK 1  | 
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|   |  |  | tree trunk  / main part of sth  / to manage  / to work  / to do  / capable  / cadre  / to kill (slang)  / to fuck (vulgar)  / (coll.) pissed off  / annoyed   | HSK 1  | 
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| 一心 |  |  | wholeheartedly  / heart and soul   | HSK 7-9  | 
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| 只读 |  |  | (computing) read-only   |  | 
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| 圣贤书 |  |  | holy book   |  | 
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| 还 |  |  | surname Huan   |  | 
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|   |  |  | 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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|   |  |  | to pay back  / to return   | HSK 1  | 
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| 三五 |  |  | several  / three or five   |  | 
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| 不时 |  |  | from time to time  / now and then  / occasionally  / frequently   | HSK 5  | 
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| 不是 |  |  | no  / is not  / not   |  | 
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|   |  |  | fault; blame   |  | 
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| 要 |  |  | (bound form) to demand; to coerce   |  | 
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|   |  |  | to want; to need; to ask for   / will; shall; about to   / need to; should   / if (same as  要是)   / (bound form) important   | HSK 1  | 
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| 交 |  |  | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over   / to make friends   / (of lines) to intersect   / variant of  跤  | HSK 2  | 
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| 束脩 |  |  | (literary) salary of a private tutor   |  | 
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| 就是 |  |  | exactly; precisely   / only; simply; just   / (used correlatively with  也) even; even if   | HSK 3  | 
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| 要 |  |  | (bound form) to demand; to coerce   |  | 
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|   |  |  | to want; to need; to ask for   / will; shall; about to   / need to; should   / if (same as  要是)   / (bound form) important   | HSK 1  | 
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| 买 |  |  | to buy  / to purchase   | HSK 1  | 
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| 笔 |  |  | pen   / pencil   / writing brush   / to write or compose   / the strokes of Chinese characters   / classifier for sums of money, deals   / CL: 支,  枝 | HSK 2  | 
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| 墨纸 |  |  | blotting paper   |  | 
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| 砚 |  |  | ink-stone   |  | 
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| 偶尔 |  |  | occasionally  / once in a while  / sometimes   | HSK 5  | 
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| 考试 |  |  | to take an exam   / exam   / CL: 次 | HSK 1  | 
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| 前 |  |  | 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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| 还 |  |  | surname Huan   |  | 
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|   |  |  | 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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|   |  |  | to pay back  / to return   | HSK 1  | 
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| 需要 |  |  | to need; to want; to demand; to require  / needs   | HSK 3  | 
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| 银钱 |  |  | silver money (in former times)   |  | 
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| 打点 |  |  | to bribe  / to get (luggage) ready  / to put in order  / to organize things  / (baseball) RBI (run batted in)   |  | 
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| 什么的 |  |  | and so on; and so forth; and what not   |  | 
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