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(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
HSK 2
to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
HSK 3
to supply / to provide / to offer
HSK 4
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid / a talking-to; a bitter lesson / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish
HSK 4
to allocate / to provide / to outfit with
HSK 5
to subsidize / to provide financial aid / subsidy
HSK 5
a loan / CL: 筆|笔 / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
HSK 5
to provide assistance / to support / to back
HSK 6
to provide assistance; to aid
HSK 6
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to furnish / to provide / supply (as in supply and demand)
HSK 6
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *供* | 供* | *供
to provide; to supply / to be for (the use or convenience of)
HSK 7-9
to provide (an asset) as security for a loan / to put up collateral
HSK 7-9
to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself
HSK 7-9
to solve (a problem) / to resolve (a difficulty) / to provide an answer / solution / resolution / answer
HSK 7-9
moist / humid / to moisten / to provide moisture / comfortably off
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
to support / to provide support for / to maintain
HSK 7-9
to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
HSK 7-9
to issue (document, certificate etc) / to provide
HSK 7-9
to supply water / to provide feedwater
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *資* | 資* | *資
resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense
to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *具* | 具* | *具
tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained
(originally) to provide assistance / (more recently) to show one's support (for a singing idol etc)
to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents
to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept
lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines
to get or supply meals for a monthly rate; to board; to provide board
to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge / (law) asylum
to foster / to provide care (esp. for the elderly)
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
to provide loans
(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *給* | 給* | *給
to supply / to provide
to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause
to provide financial relief / to bail out (financially) / financial relief / bailout
to deal with / to wait on / to provide for
to provide support / to come to the rescue
lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
to provide assistance to; to support
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance / (medicine, chemistry) to induce
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking
(idiom) to provide for one's family
to provide shade
to provide shade / Taiwan pr. [zhe1yin4]
to provide work to relieve poverty
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) / fig. to follow whoever is feeding you / to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
(old) escort agency that provides protection of goods and valuables during transport
provisions; supplies; victuals / (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after
sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator / a captive who can provide information
to provide (items for an event) / to cater / to make preparations
to provide emergency assistance
a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贍* | 贍* | *贍
to support / to provide for
approved for distribution / to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)
to look after / to provide for
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses
to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income
Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賑* | 賑* | *賑
to provide relief / to aid
to give to / to provide to / to bring to / to take to
lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety
to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal; to expose (sth disreputable)
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
(Tw) to hold a banquet / to provide catering / catering / banquet / roadside banquet (Taiwanese-style banquet, typically held under large tents in the street, to celebrate special occasions)
to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
(Tw) to provide a service at the customer's home; to make a house call
(computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc / (benchmark test) score / (sports) run (scoring unit in cricket) / to provide a channel for the transfer of illegally obtained funds (in return for a commission)
to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as
to support the bottom of sth / (fig.) to provide a safety net
to provide information to a news organization; to tip off / information provided to a news organization; a tip-off
(slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment
to provide full board
to oxygenate / to provide oxygen complement
to inflict (punishment) / to provide (training etc) / to apply (pressure etc)
Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013
to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
to provide as a standard feature / standard feature; standard equipment; standard configuration / (abbr. for 標準配置|标准配置)
to provide warm hospitality
glial cell (provide support to neuron) / neuroglia
NASDAQ / National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
to provide protection; to take under one's wing / wings of a sanitary pad
to provide / installed


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