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HSK
to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
HSK 3
to open up / to spread / to extend
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  *传* | 传* | *传
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
HSK 3
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
HSK 7-9
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
(of news) to spread / to get around
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  *敷* | 敷* | *敷
to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
HSK 7-9
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  *衍* | 衍* | *衍
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous
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  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
to spread rumors
to get round fast / to spread like wildfire
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见, 大快人心, 普天同慶|普天同庆 and 奔走相告
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
HSK 2
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  *流* | 流* | *流
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
HSK 2
to spread widely
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
frequency-hopping spread spectrum
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
to spread (by word of mouth)
to spread a smokescreen
to extend / to spread
HSK 5
to spread one's wings and soar (idiom) / to develop one's abilities freely
to spread the news (idiom)
to spread rumors / to gossip
seafloor spreading (geology)
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
HSK 7-9
widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated
to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
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  *布* | 布* | *布
cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known
HSK 3
to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
to spread manure / to apply fertilizer
to spread; to extend
to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive
HSK 3
(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed
(a peacock) spreads its tail
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
HSK 7-9
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  *张* | 张* | *张
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
to spread / to disperse / to disseminate
to spread / to circulate / to disseminate
to spread / to circulate / to disseminate
to spread throughout the entire country
to spread / to circulate / to hand down
HSK 4
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  *广* | 广* | *广
wide / numerous / to spread
HSK 5
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  *披* | 披* | *披
to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out
HSK 5
rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
to extend / to spread
HSK 7-9
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
grapevine / gossip / to spread rumors
to extend / to spread / to popularize / generalization / promotion (of a product etc)
HSK 3
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  *蔓* | 蔓* | *蔓
creeper / to spread
to spread to / to involve / to affect
HSK 7-9
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  *霜* | 霜* | *霜
frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream
HSK 7-9
to spread / distribution
to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
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  *播* | 播* | *播
(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4]
HSK 6
to spread over an area
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  *摊* | 摊* | *摊
to spread out / vendor's stand
HSK 7-9
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  *奓* | 奓* | *奓
to open / to spread
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  *铺* | 铺* | *铺
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
HSK 6
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
to spread harvested grain over an area
to spread like wildfire; to go viral
to give rise (to) / to spawn / to spread (to)
to spread malicious gossip
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  *乍* | 乍* | *乍
at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly / displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset / to have the world at one's feet
to spread one's reputation
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  *展* | 展* | *展
to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition
to spread poison / pernicious influence
to spread out bedding / bedcover
to spread; to propagate; to disseminate
(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter / to scatter / (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions
to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
to spread out after being diluted or melted / to dissolve into a liquid
evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate
to spread wings and fly
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
to spread out / (fig.) to share equally
to spread
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of news etc) to spread like wildfire; to be disseminated far and wide
spread (food)
sparse / infrequent / thinly spread
wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields)
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
(fame) spreads far and wide
to spread out / to unfold
to spread out widely / to disseminate
spread (for putting on bread etc)
super spreader (epidemiology)
scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
To have one's fame spread far and wide. (idiom)
to spread / to hand down / to circulate
to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc
to let everyone know / spread the word!

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