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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *題* | 題* | *題
topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *光* | 光* | *光
light; ray (CL:) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
HSK 3
subject; title; topic (CL:個|个) / exercise or exam question (CL:)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *彎* | 彎* | *彎
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:
HSK 4
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *江* | 江* | *江
river / CL: 條|条,
HSK 4
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *溝* | 溝* | *溝
ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:
HSK 5
order / command / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漆* | 漆* | *漆
paint / lacquer / CL: / to paint (furniture, walls etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縫* | 縫* | *縫
seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:
HSK 7-9
rainbow / CL:
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
crack / crevice / CL:
HSK 7-9
perimeter wall / fence / CL:
HSK 7-9
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
scar / CL:
defensive line or perimeter / CL:
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
blockade line; cordon / CL:
wire netting / CL:
(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit ), aka taotai and circuit intendant
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *璺* | 璺* | *璺
a crack (in porcelain, glassware etc) / CL:
various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism by Mozi 墨子, Legalism by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衟* | 衟* | *衟
old variant of
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 / also called 四諦|四谛
to go off-topic; to stray from the topic / obscure question; trick exam question; catch question (CL:)
wrinkle / CL:
various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism by Mozi 墨子, Legalism by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others


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