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HSK
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
to adopt / to employ / to use
HSK 3
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
to accept / to adopt
HSK 6
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *义* | 义* | *义
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
adopted daughter
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
adopted son / foster son
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
to inherit / to follow / to adopt
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach
adopted son
(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
adopted daughter
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
to adopt (a child)
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his visit to China in 1977
a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
to become adopted as heir
to choose and use / to adopt (a decision)
heir / adopted son
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卐* | 卐* | *卐
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany
to assume / to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc) / to bring out for display
to adopt measures / to take steps
adopted son / stepson
adopted name / to take a name (of one's adoptive family)
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adopted son
Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013
to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
adopted son
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
stepchildren / adopted children
young person who adopts an outwardly artistic or intellectual style (abbr. for 文藝青年|文艺青年)
Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
to put on airs / to adopt a false attitude
to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
Chiang Chung-cheng, adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
He Jinli, Chinese name adopted by Kamala Harris (1964-), US vice president 2021-
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
"Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优
to adopt / to pass / to vote approval (of a law etc)
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
to take action / to adopt policies / to move on some issue
(idiom) to get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
to trim one's sails with the wind / to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)


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