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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *按* | 按* | *按
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *随* | 随* | *随
to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently
HSK 3
according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *照* | 照* | *照
according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
HSK 3
according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
according to / basis / foundation
HSK 5
as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
HSK 5
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
according to; in light of
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *据* | 据* | *据
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
HSK 6
according to the situation / pragmatic / random
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *依* | 依* | *依
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of
HSK 7-9
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
HSK 7-9
according to reports / it is reported (that)
HSK 7-9
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
according with the times / seasonal
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say
Gospel according to St Matthew
list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
distribution according to work
distribution according to need
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
according to a pattern / regular / orderly / structured / neat and tidy
according to the facts
according to statistics
according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
according to / in the light of / contrast
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水 / ley lines
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁
according with one's wish or expectation
according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to
to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
to bring to justice / to punish according to the law
(of a price) to fluctuate according to the market / to sell at the market price
according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do
each does his utmost (idiom) / from each according to his means
according to the regulations
not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
according to reason / in principle
mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子
see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to respond to the market / to buy or sell according to market conditions
to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
Gospel according to St John
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China
to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family
Gospel according to St Mark
according to estimates
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
an expression of opinion / according to some
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China
according to (news) reports
to rule according to the law
according to belief / it is believed that
Gospel according to St Luke
to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
fancy or simple according to one's budget
according to one's capabilities / what sb is capable of
according to season / quarterly
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work
to act according to the situation (idiom)
to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
to pay sb according to their productivity
to charge different prices according to the situation / to collect (items) as appropriate
not according with decorum / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
it is reported; according to reports
according to forecasts / it is expected that...
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably
to treat a debility according to its nature
to act according to plan
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings

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