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  *到* | 到* | *到
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
HSK 1
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  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
to arrive; to come
HSK 1
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
to reach; to arrive
HSK 3
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
to arrive late
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *届* | 届* | *届
to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
HSK 5
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  *至* | 至* | *至
to arrive / most / to / until
HSK 5
to arrive / arrival; advent
HSK 5
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
to arrive / to reach (a destination)
HSK 6
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  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
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  *临* | 临* | *临
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
HSK 7-9
to descend / to arrive / to come
HSK 7-9
to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly
HSK 7-9
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  *詹* | 詹* | *詹
(literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach
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  *臻* | 臻* | *臻
to arrive / to reach (esp. perfection) / utmost / (used in commercials)
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
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  *踵* | 踵* | *踵
to arrive / to follow / heel
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  *抵* | 抵* | *抵
to press against; to support; to prop up / to resist; to withstand / to be equal to; to match / to balance; to offset / to mortgage / to make up for; to compensate for / to arrive at; to reach / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3])
(of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station; to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站 where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
to reconnoiter; to case the joint / to cut it fine; to arrive with no time to spare / to dance to the beat
(of packages or shipments) to arrive
to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
to arrive in huge numbers / to flock there
to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
newly arrived (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瀳* | 瀳* | *瀳
to arrive (of water)
to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than
to arrive early
to meet (or pick up) sb arriving by plane / (of airport staff) to deal with the arrival of a plane
to arrive as planned / right on schedule
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
to arrive in China
to arrive at (some place or time)
to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临)
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
to arrive unexpectably / unexpected
banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
to arrive without invitation / unexpected guest / unwanted presence
to arrive simultaneously
(of money) to arrive in an account
to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning / overnight (train)
to arrive safely
lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem / no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
(slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up
lit. the dishes are cold (idiom) / fig. to arrive late; to take one's sweet time


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