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HSK
and; as well as
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive
HSK 3
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  *及* | 及* | *及
and / to reach / up to / in time for
HSK 7-9
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
HSK 7-9
to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
HSK 6
(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
HSK 7-9
passing line or score (in an examination)
US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)
as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers
HSK 7-9
Egypt
popularization of science
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
HSK 7-9
to fail / to flunk
to spread to / to involve / to affect
HSK 7-9
to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
by the time that
lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog.
can't wait
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem
(idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible
not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) / fig. too late for regrets
to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
HSK 7-9
nobody can compete with; unmatched by anybody; without rival
timeliness / promptness
(literary) to be of benefit to
to hope to reach; to strive for
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to spread; to extend
(literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]
unattainable / far-fetched / out of reach / exceedingly remote or distant
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
impossibly stupid
to talk about / to mention
to make reference to; to mention
intransitive verb
Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
to fall short of / not as good as / too late
to extend (everywhere)
Nigeria (Tw)
to be caught off guard / without warning
(loanword) gill (unit)
to care for other's children as one's own
within reach
Algeria
to pass an imperial examination
not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse
too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
in my humble opinion (idiom)
to touch (physically, one's feelings etc) / to touch on (a topic)
beyond one's power (to do sth)
to take into consideration / to attend to
HSK 7-9
transitive (grammar)
transitive verb
(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
to harm the innocent (idiom)
to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
what one can see
to involve / to affect
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
chickpea
(of sb who is preoccupied with doing sth) to pay no heed to (a less pressing consideration)
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to ask / to plead / to beg / to involve
IEEE / Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
to anticipate / forecast / expectation / anticipation
to talk nonsense (idiom) / frivolous talk
to have enough time (to do sth); to be able to make it (in time)
to bring disaster upon
to mention / referring to
what one can see
to bring disaster to
P.S. / postscript
not enough time (to do sth) / too late (to do sth)
to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom) / irrelevant
as far as the eye can see
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
to extend to
in my humble opinion
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
Algiers, capital of Algeria
Egyptologist
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents
Egyptology
Antigua and Barbuda (Tw)
Algerian
Trinidad and Tobago (Tw)

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