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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
to remember
HSK 1
proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent
HSK 4
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
to win / to gain
HSK 4
to know
HSK 6
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
must / have to
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
not to enjoy popular support / to be unpopular
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
Texas, US state
to be worth mentioning
what one acquires / one's gains
to win; to gain
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
can see / can tell
HSK 7-9
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
to be determined to win (idiom)
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
can be compared / to be very similar
appropriate to the occasion / fitting
HSK 7-9
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
unworthy
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
flushed with success / proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc) / as pleased as punch
acquired / learned
to become
to cause or lead to sth bad
percentage of votes obtained
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
happy and content (idiom)
HSK 7-9
vested interest
Gatorade (brand)
easily obtained / readily available
lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
rarely seen
HSK 7-9
Peter (name)
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
able / capable / competent / efficient
HSK 7-9
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
to find / to pick up / to collect
to verify / (math.) Q.E.D.
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
vote-getting
to fall ill / to contract a disease
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
to look (pretty, the same etc)
to get one's name / named (after sth)
affluent / very rich
(doing sth) in the right way / suitable / properly
to benefit from / thanks to
HSK 7-9
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well

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