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HSK
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
but; however / (used for emphasis) indeed
HSK 2
might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
reliable
HSK 3
awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly
HSK 2
it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately
HSK 5
adorable / cute / lovely
HSK 2
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
to approve / approval / acknowledgment / OK
HSK 3
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
feasible
HSK 7-9
pitiful / pathetic / to have pity on
HSK 5
HSK 5
tasty; to taste good
HSK 7-9
inextricably linked (idiom) / inseparable
HSK 7-9
(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
HSK 7-9
funny / ridiculous
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
used in 可汗
unavoidably
HSK 7-9
force majeure; act of God
cannot; should not; must not
suspect; person under suspicion
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
HSK 7-9
renewable (resource)
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
may not
repulsive / vile / hateful / abominable
HSK 7-9
to allow / to permit
HSK 5
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
indispensable
(idiom) to be nothing to write home about
Coca-Cola
worthy of celebration / gratifying / Congratulations!
shameful / disgraceful / ignominious
HSK 7-9
nonrenewable resource
inexpressible (idiom)
addressable (computing) / accessible via an address
sustainable
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
lamentable
HSK 7-9
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
possibility; probability
suspicious / dubious
HSK 7-9
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
HSK 7-9
band-aid; sticking plaster
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
visible light / light in optical spectrum
delicious / tasty
impassable / insurmountable / insuperable
good or not? / luckily / fortuitously
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
worth seeing / considerable; impressive; significant
HSK 7-9
to be awfully (busy etc)
it could even be said
HSK 7-9
with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing
HSK 7-9
countless / innumerable
impossible / cannot / not able
Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
ubiquitous / commonplace / found everywhere
can be used for
(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
HSK 7-9
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
affable / genial
to be kept secret; not to be divulged
The Coca-Cola Company
lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few
recyclable
all are OK / both are OK / all can / both can / also can
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
may be done once and once only; just this once
indescribable / beyond description
can be seen everywhere
HSK 7-9
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
(loanword) cocoa
executable (computing)
sustainable development
easily obtained / readily available
(Tw) to review and approve
solubility
(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable / cute
no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless
unreliable
irreversible
indispensable; essential
inviolable / inviolability
uncountable
differentiable (math.)
(mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈
HSK 7-9
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
programmable
clathrate hydrates
HSK 7-9
innumerable (idiom)

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