| | how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? | HSK 1 |
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| | what? / something; anything | HSK 1 |
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| | why? / for what reason? | HSK 2 |
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| | how? / what? / why? | HSK 1 |
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| | many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- | HSK 1 |
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| | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss | HSK 3 |
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| | to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet | HSK 2 |
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| | to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) | HSK 3 |
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| | to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | HSK 3 |
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| | how / what kind | HSK 2 |
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| | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent | HSK 2 |
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| | dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, 席, 句, 口, 番 | HSK 1 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | what's to be done | HSK 2 |
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| | what kind?; what sort? | HSK 2 |
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| | to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof | HSK 5 |
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| | 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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| | how / what way / what | HSK 3 |
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| | it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately | HSK 5 |
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| | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | HSK 1 |
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| | which ones? / who? / what? | HSK 1 |
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| | to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides | HSK 6 |
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| | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... | HSK 4 |
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| | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | HSK 7-9 |
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| | used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 / (Tw) (coll.) what? | |
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| | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant | HSK 7-9 |
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| | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad | HSK 5 |
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| | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss | |
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| | to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider | HSK 7-9 |
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| | only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi | |
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| | you get what you pay for | |
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| | in any case; no matter what | |
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| | when?; at what time? | |
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| | (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes | |
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| | where? / what place? | |
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| | the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) | |
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| | who would believe it! / what rubbish! | |
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| | what kind? / how, what / somewhat | |
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| | (saying) you reap what you sow | |
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| | what time? / when? | |
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| | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
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| | what one acquires / one's gains | |
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| | to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd | |
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| | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction | |
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| | how about / what kind of | |
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| | (idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) | |
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| | to agree / to go along with / to echo (what sb says) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关 + {person} + 什麼事|什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?") | |
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| | to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject | |
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| | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? | |
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| | discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech | |
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| | words and actions / what one says and what one does | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) | |
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| | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分) | |
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| | to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands | HSK 7-9 |
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| | let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more | HSK 7-9 |
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| | what / how / why / which / carry | |
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| | lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing | |
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| | satisfied with what one has (idiom) | |
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| | to order with the chin / to indicate what one wants by facial gesture | |
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| | to do what one is told / obedient | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? | |
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| | (dialect) what | |
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| | lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward | |
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| | to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language | |
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| | each takes what he needs (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice | |
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| | at what time?; when? | |
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| | (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor / (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done | |
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| | to visit / to go to see what's going on | |
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| | to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom) | |
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| | to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible | |
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| | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | HSK 7-9 |
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| | tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software | |
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| | exactly what one wants | |
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| | what | |
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| | what for / why / how | |
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| | (slang) what the ...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和) | |
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| | what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation | |
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| | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
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| | Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. | |
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| | live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth | |
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| | lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity | |
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| | to understand (by hearing) / to catch (what sb says) | |
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| | what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) | |
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| | not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say | |
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| | and then (what follows next) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | no matter what may happen (idiom) | |
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| | What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date! | |
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| | to have a plan / to know what one is doing | |
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| | to understand what one is reading or watching | |
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| | to keep one's promise; to mean what one says | |
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| | to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale | |
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