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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
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  *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 adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
He Jinli, Chinese name adopted by Kamala Harris (1964-), US vice president 2021-
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
adopted son
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
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  *义* | 义* | *义
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
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
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
to accept / to adopt
HSK 6
to adopt (a child)
adopted daughter
adopted son / foster son
to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture
adopted daughter
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
heir / adopted son
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
to adopt / to pass / to vote approval (of a law etc)
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach
"Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优
a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to take action / to adopt policies / to move on some issue
to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
Chiang Chung-cheng, adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
to put on airs / to adopt a false attitude
to inherit / to follow / to adopt
to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
to become adopted as heir
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
stepchildren / adopted children
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
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 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 get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his visit to China in 1977
to trim one's sails with the wind / to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
young person who adopts an outwardly artistic or intellectual style (abbr. for 文藝青年|文艺青年)
to assume / to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc) / to bring out for display
to choose and use / to adopt (a decision)
adopted son
Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957–), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007–2010 and 2013
adopted son / stepson
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
to adopt a simplified approach; to keep things simple
adopted son
adopted name / to take a name (of one's adoptive family)
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  *卐* | 卐* | *卐
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany


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