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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叫* | 叫* | *叫
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
HSK 1
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
HSK 5
to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *让* | 让* | *让
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )
HSK 2
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
agent
HSK 7-9
company-owned store; store directly operated by the parent company (as opposed to one run by a franchisee, agent or distributor)
cleaning agent / detergent
HSK 7-9
explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
HSK 6
(Tw) middleman; agent; broker
to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
neutralizing agent; neutralizer
to have exclusive selling rights / to be the sole agent for a production unit or firm
(old) legal practitioner; litigation agent
irritant agent
foaming agent / blowing agent
protective agent
to hide (as an undercover agent) / an insider (in a gang of thieves) / a mole
special detachment / commando / an armed secret agent squad
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
to underwrite (i.e. guarantee financing) / underwriting / to sell as agent / consignee
oxidant / oxidizing agent
secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick") / to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease
(computing) intelligent agent; AI agent
the person in charge / agent / broker
solidifying agent / coagulant
levofloxacin (broad-spectrum antibacterial agent)
(old) spy; secret agent
leavening agent
germicide; antimicrobial agent
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)
agent
real estate agent
special assignment (military) / special agent / operative / spy
metronidazole (antibacterial agent) / Flagyl (trade name)
secret agent / detective
sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (used as a bubbling agent in detergents)
quick-acting agent
leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)
vasopressor agent / antihypotensive agent (medicine)
to purchase; to buy / to do one's shopping / purchasing agent; buyer
magnesium powder (used in pyrotechnics etc) / (sports) gym chalk (magnesium carbonate), used as a drying agent on the hands of gymnasts, weight lifters etc
motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent
whitener / whitening agent
detective / investigator / agent
Agent Orange (herbicide)
motive force / prime mover / first cause / agent
Novichok (nerve agent)
lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
to sell as agent / to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies) / proxy sale (of stocks)
incendiary agent
chemical warfare agent
bulking agent
Agent Orange (herbicide)
Agent Orange (herbicide)
housing agent / real estate agent
sales agent / salesman / consignee / underwriter
enemy (agents) / (class) enemy
procaine (nerve blocking agent) (loanword)
knockout drops / incapacitating agent / Mickey Finn
Agent Blue
buyer / purchasing agent
bleaching agent / decolorant
Aoji, education agent
reducing agent
enemy agent; spy (esp. from a hostile foreign power)
flavoring agent
antifreeze agent
real estate agent (old)
supercargo (in maritime law) / agent responsible for goods / an escort
tactical mixture of chemical agents
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
secret agent / detective / covert investigator
tebuconazole (antifungal agent)
persistent agent
real estate agent (Tw)
Agent Orange (herbicide)
organophosphorus agent
nerve agent / nerve gas
a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon
biological agent / biological warfare agent
employment agent (arch.) / job broker
real estate agent (old)
corrective agent / flavoring agent
moistener / wetting agent
propiconazole (antifungal agent)
(linguistics) agent; doer
to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires
clotrimazole (antifungal agent)
lethal agent
Agent White
broker / agent
choking agent
(linguistics) agent; doer
clouding agent / emulsifier
broker / middleman / agent / manager
decontaminant / decontaminating agent


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