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| | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | HSK 1 |
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| | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through | HSK 2 |
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| | towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ... | HSK 2 |
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| | always | HSK 2 |
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| | always | HSK 3 |
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| | (bound form) general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc | HSK 3 |
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| | always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) | HSK 3 |
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| | time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL: 個|个, 段 / constantly / always | HSK 3 |
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| | raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever | HSK 7-9 |
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| | always (previously) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time | HSK 7-9 |
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| | forever / always / perpetual | |
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| | (idiom) (when followed by 不) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不 therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by 不) at all times; always | |
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| | then / at once / always / (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot | |
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| | from the beginning / always / to come of one's own accord | |
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| | consistently; always (in the past and now) | |
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| | sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost | |
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| | one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been | |
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| | unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar | |
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| | If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. | |
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| | to follow everywhere / to always be there for sb at their beck and call | |
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| | lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it | |
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| | lit. belly full of complaints (idiom) / discontent / always moaning and complaining | |
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| | always clean / orderly; methodical | |
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| | lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking | |
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| | to have / to have always had | |
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| | (idiom) always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb | |
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| | a person who is always falling ill / chronic invalid | |
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| | in the past always / for a long time now / until now | |
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| | winner / lucky guy / person who always gets good breaks | |
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| | every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part | |
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| | lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence | |
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| | (proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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| | not always; not entirely / not necessarily so; not entirely correct | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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| | words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb) | |
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| | (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself | |
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| | lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles | |
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| | (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always | |
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| | an expert always produces the best work (idiom) | |
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| | lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move | |
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| | always / always regardless (of anything) | |
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| | to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant / always at sb's beck and call | |
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| | to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant / always at sb's beck and call | |
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| | to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders / always bossing people around | |
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| | morning and night / always / at all times | |
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| | no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn. | |
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| | lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side | |
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| | lit. if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles | |
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| | (idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger | |
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| | always-on display (AOD) | |
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| | lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong | |
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| | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it | |
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| | coarse and arrogant / always in the right | |
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| | to rush around everywhere / always active | |
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| | (idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing | |
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| | it's always good to have more skills (idiom) | |
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| | follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut / always the same routine | |
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| | good will always triumph over evil (idiom) | |
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| | on call / always available / ready at all times | |
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