| | before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand | HSK 4 |
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| | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | HSK 4 |
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| | outside / excluding | HSK 5 |
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| | under / beneath / less than | HSK 5 |
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| | in a word / in short / in brief | HSK 4 |
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| | and so on / and such | HSK 6 |
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| | inside; within | HSK 5 |
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| | inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during | HSK 5 |
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| | (after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間｜弹指之间) | HSK 4 |
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| | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | percent | |
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| | one half | |
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| | lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret | |
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| | thousand miles distant | |
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| | almost on a par | |
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| | to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case | |
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| | lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas | |
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| | Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門｜卡门 by Georges Bizet | |
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| | (lit. and fig.) overnight | |
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| | jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. | |
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| | (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche | |
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| | the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success | |
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| | lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one | |
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| | lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed | |
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| | to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫｜刘伯温) / (fig.) to play music | |
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| | Langevin (name) | |
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| | the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances | |
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| | (idiom) barren land; desert | |
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| | proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service | |
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| | (idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest | |
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| | of the utmost importance / of highest priority | HSK 7-9 |
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| | between the two countries; bilateral | |
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| | master of the house; head of the family | |
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| | one seventh | |
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| | to burn down (idiom) | |
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| | man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經｜三字经) | |
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| | one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell | |
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| | one fifth | |
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| | human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural | |
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| | lit. 之, 乎, 者 and 也 (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) / fig. archaic expressions | |
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| | one-quarter | |
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| | one third | |
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| | on the other hand... / conversely... | |
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| | unhealthy tendency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the age of 30 | |
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| | by comparison | HSK 7-9 |
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| | apart from this / in addition to this | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) the courage born of stirred emotions | |
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| | doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things | |
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| | a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction | |
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| | as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease | |
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| | (idiom) to divide and rule | |
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| | one tenth | |
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| | (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in other words | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb | |
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| | runaway (idiom); desperate criminal / fugitive | |
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| | words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb) | |
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| | to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely / to let the world know | |
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| | to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip | |
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| | lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them | |
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| | one ninth | |
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| | a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely | |
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| | overt / to make no secret (of one's presence) / grandiose / with great scope | |
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| | in a fit of pique / in a fury | |
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| | incurable disease | |
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| | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | HSK 7-9 |
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| | during / at the time of | |
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| | (idiom) a slight effort | |
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| | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish | |
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| | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth | |
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| | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | |
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| | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | |
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| | to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記｜岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹) | |
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| | married woman | |
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| | (idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 7-9 |
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| | for a long time | |
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| | to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably | |
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| | in a nutshell / to put it briefly | |
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| | Voice of America (VOA) | |
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| | trouble spot / sketchy area | |
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| | limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible | |
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| | to hate sb to the bone (idiom) | |
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| | in a moment of desperation | |
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| | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他｜我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | wherever one goes | |
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| | to take advantage of sb's precarious position | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) in a flash; instantly | |
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| | Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation | |
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| | extremely | |
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| | all men are brothers | |
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