| | very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) | HSK 1 |
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| | his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it) | HSK 5 |
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| | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | HSK 4 |
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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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| | (loanword) club (the organization or its premises) | HSK 5 |
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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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| | (Tw) (of a film, TV drama etc) to end its run; to stop being shown | |
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| | slight gap between a door and its frame | |
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| | period during which a food tastes its best | |
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| | (folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (at least one block lands on its edge); result interpreted as unclear or exceptional | |
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| | mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) | |
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| | (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes) | |
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| | picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a post on X (formerly Twitter) / article posted to subscribers' feeds (on WeChat etc) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / (Tw) to comment on a post on the PTT bulletin board | |
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| | a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL: 處｜处 | HSK 6 |
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| | Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia ( 武俠｜武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to dispatch a vehicle / (of a vehicle or its driver) to set off | |
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| | bus / abbr. for 公共汽車｜公共汽车 / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車｜公务用车 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC | |
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| | Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945) | |
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| | (Tw) Matsusaka pork – premium cut of pork, usually from the neck or jowl, noted for its fine marbling and tenderness, named by analogy with Japan's famous Matsusaka beef, not by origin | |
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| | (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved | |
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| | man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress | |
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| | positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Sogou, Chinese technology company known for its search engine and input method editor | |
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| | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery | HSK 7-9 |
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| | has its origins in | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (used in loanwords for its phonetic value) | |
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| | Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia ( 武俠｜武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets | |
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| | oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry | |
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| | restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古｜盘古 creation myth) (idiom) / (fig.) unprecedented; first of its kind | HSK 7-9 |
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| | adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core | |
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| | Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma) | |
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| | to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate | HSK 6 |
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| | osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans); its flowers | HSK 7-9 |
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| | before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach | |
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| | to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | product approaching its expiry date (Tw) | |
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| | earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power) | |
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| | lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children | |
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| | the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation | |
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| | (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π) | |
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| | (lit.) an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / (fig.) spent force | |
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| | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner | |
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| | (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands | |
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| | to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location | |
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| | to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) | |
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| | (of a watercourse) to breach its dike / (of dikes) to collapse | |
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| | to let nature take its course (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era | |
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| | (coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day | |
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| | to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) | |
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| | a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) | |
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| | to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標｜治标) | |
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| | (coll.) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now; to be nothing special anymore; to have lost its novelty | |
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| | from prosperity to decline / at its peak before the decline | |
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| | the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽｜陆羽 between 760-780 | |
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| | mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) | |
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| | (of a watercourse) to breach its banks / (of a dam) to burst | |
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| | (of a cat) to knead (by rhythmically pushing with its front paws) | |
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| | lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog. | |
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| | every medicine has its side effect | |
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| | lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance | |
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| | to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3] | |
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| | a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb) | |
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| | capital city and its surrounding area | |
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| | (finance) stop-loss / to sell a security in response to its price dropping to one's stop-loss point 止損點｜止损点 | |
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| | (Buddhism) Dharma wheel – symbol of Buddhist teaching and its spread | |
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| | Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市 and Shantou 汕頭市｜汕头市, with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話｜潮汕话) and culture | |
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| | the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom) | |
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| | the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city | |
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| | you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相， 海水不可斗量 | |
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| | to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) | |
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| | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price | |
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| | to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums | |
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| | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head | |
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| | to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling / (phonics) blending | |
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| | to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose | |
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| | meal shared before a group goes its separate ways; farewell meal | |
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| | the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers | |
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| | best of its kind / cream of the crop | |
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| | evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds / sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7) | |
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| | to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive) | |
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| | (lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / (fig.) to get instant results | |
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| | red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits | |
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| | to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory | |
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| | Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution) | |
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| | (a peacock) spreads its tail | |
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| | the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi | |
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| | lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb | |
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| | each has its own merits (idiom) | |
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| | cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior | |
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| | Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its TV and screen adaptations | |
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| | (idiom) to return sth to its rightful owner | |
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