| | from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor | HSK 1 |
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| | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1 |
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| | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition | HSK 2 |
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| | to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL: 項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc | HSK 2 |
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| | learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL: 門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships) | HSK 4 |
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| | action / conduct / behavior / activity | HSK 2 |
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| | high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm | HSK 4 |
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| | to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) | HSK 6 |
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| | one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be | HSK 4 |
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| | (TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, 套, 檔|档 | HSK 2 |
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| | large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams | HSK 2 |
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| | (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals | HSK 3 |
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| | noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke | HSK 4 |
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| | (idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity | |
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| | act / action / activity / move / movement | HSK 5 |
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| | lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom) / fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence | |
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| | to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) | |
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| | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | business activity / commercial activity | |
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| | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run | |
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| | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity | |
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| | charity event / public service activities | |
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| | to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) | |
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| | to engage in social activities; to socialize / dinner party; banquet; social engagement | HSK 7-9 |
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| | social activity | |
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| | to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sports; athletic activities | |
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| | Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day | |
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| | (of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout | |
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| | heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity | |
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| | (idiom) bustling with activity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) | |
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| | covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations | |
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| | to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline | HSK 4 |
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| | aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity) | |
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| | to practice (an activity) / to perform | |
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| | family vacation with an emphasis on activities for parents and children | |
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| | opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc | |
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| | to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual | |
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| | energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect | |
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| | agricultural activities | |
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| | to keep watch (during a clandestine activity) / to be on the lookout | |
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| | to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place | |
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| | memorial activity 35 days after a person's death | |
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| | Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity | |
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| | place for activities (playground, event venue etc) | |
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| | zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity | |
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| | sunspot activity / solar variation | |
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| | Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities | |
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| | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 | |
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| | to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously | |
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| | Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion | |
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| | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) | |
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| | genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities | |
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| | to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime | |
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| | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences | |
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| | to go underground / to turn to secret activities | |
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| | to criminalize (an activity) | |
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| | minority of the population / non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) / niche (market etc) | |
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| | sports / sporting activity | |
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| | economic activity | |
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| | final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) | |
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| | to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Moral Education Office (administrative department in Chinese schools responsible for overseeing student conduct, moral and ideological education, mental health, safety, aesthetic and patriotic education, extracurricular activities and coordination with families and student organizations) | |
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| | classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) | |
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| | (chemistry) activity / active / activated | |
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| | to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions) | |
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| | (of an enzyme, microorganism, catalyst etc) to lose biological or chemical activity; to become inactivated | |
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| | writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity | |
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| | criminal activity | |
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| | to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc) / (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace / (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription | |
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| | Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美) | |
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| | extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA | |
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| | (of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool | |
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| | Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability | |
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| | river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity) | |
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| | a place buzzing with activity (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities | |
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| | (neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to maximize achievement / a child subjected to such a regimen / (dialect) chick | |
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| | volcanic activity / volcanism | |
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| | sexual activity | |
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| | to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime | |
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| | to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting | |
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| | to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business | HSK 7-9 |
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| | free time (between organized activities) | |
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| | fishing (as a commercial activity) | |
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| | after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities | |
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| | sabotage; subversive activities | |
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| | appreciating the arts / esthetic activity | |
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| | to waste time on worthless activities | |
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| | disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹) | |
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| | refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc) | |
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| | (neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity) | |
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| | (of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet) | |
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| | to criminalize (an activity) | |
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