| | to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) | HSK 1 |
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| | empty / air / sky / in vain | HSK 3 |
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| | gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi | HSK 2 |
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| | quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip") | HSK 3 |
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| | air / atmosphere | HSK 2 |
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| | air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台 | HSK 3 |
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| | to broadcast / to air (a TV program etc) | HSK 3 |
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| | cold air / air conditioning | HSK 6 |
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| | character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked | HSK 6 |
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| | air temperature | HSK 2 |
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| | (of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with | HSK 4 |
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| | to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | (meteorology) cold air mass | |
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| | air resistance; aerodynamic drag | |
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| | central heating / heater / warm air | HSK 4 |
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| | air crash / aviation accident or incident | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] | HSK 6 |
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| | in the sky / in the air | HSK 5 |
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| | to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living | |
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| | impressive / stylish / magnificent / imposing manner / dignified air | HSK 7-9 |
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| | air rights | |
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| | to circle in the air / to soar | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force | |
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| | to produce cold air (to cool a room etc) | |
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| | to pump air (into sth); to inflate | |
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| | personality traits; temperament; disposition / aura; air; feel; vibe / refinement; sophistication; class | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal | |
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| | (Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories) | |
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| | civil air defence (abbr. for 人民防空) | |
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| | lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air | |
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| | air pollution / atmospheric pollution | |
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| | to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair) / (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release | |
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| | a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing | HSK 7-9 |
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| | air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor | HSK 7-9 |
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| | People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) | |
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| | air-to-surface (missile) | |
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| | empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) | |
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| | to air / to sun | |
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| | air intake vent | |
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| | central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry) | |
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| | (idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air | |
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| | with a sad air / looking melancholy / with a worried look | |
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| | to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (fig.) a breath of fresh air | |
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| | an air gun | |
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| | ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc) | |
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| | lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles | |
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| | model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) | |
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| | army, navy, and air force | |
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| | to spurt steam (or air etc) | |
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| | stewardess / air hostess | |
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| | meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month) | |
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| | hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) | |
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| | lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new | |
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| | (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear | |
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| | air supremacy; air superiority | |
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| | air conditioner | |
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| | general / admiral / air chief marshal | |
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| | air-bubble / pore / stoma | |
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| | air mass | |
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| | air purifier | |
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| | air terminal | |
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| | joyfully satisfied / to be immensely proud of oneself / proudly / an air of complacency | |
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| | cool fresh air / straightforward | |
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| | air base | |
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| | to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight | |
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| | to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Air France | |
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| | air war / air warfare | |
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| | to enjoy the cool air | |
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| | food stall; open-air restaurant | |
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| | air conditioning | |
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| | to waft (through the air); to drift | |
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| | food stall; open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档) | |
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| | to expose (to the air, light etc) / to leave uncovered / exposure | |
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| | to blow air (into) | |
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| | adverse effects caused by prolonged air-conditioning exposure, including dizziness, headaches, fatigue or chest tightness | |
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| | to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about | |
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| | air and space agency | |
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| | to air-cool | |
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| | a nip in the air / chilliness | |
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| | containing air | |
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| | a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock | |
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| | cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder | |
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| | air vent; air outlet | |
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| | to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain | |
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| | army, navy and air force | |
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| | cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) | |
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| | gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) | |
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| | air or shipping route | |
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| | to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air | |
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| | to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger | |
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| | (formal) air conditioner | |
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