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HSK
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting
HSK 7-9
to explore; to probe
HSK 6
to explore / to go on an expedition / adventure
HSK 7-9
to check out / to investigate
to investigate / to probe
HSK 6
to go home to visit one's family
HSK 7-9
to seek / to pursue / to investigate
HSK 7-9
to ascertain / to verify
detective / to do detective work
to sniff (in order to find sth)
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
to visit / to go to see what's going on
to search / to seek / to explore
to probe; to survey
HSK 7-9
to visit / to call on sb / to look around
HSK 7-9
master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰
lunar exploration
to make discreet inquiries / to scout out
to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc) / a preliminary study
to try out a restaurant and film a video to share on the Internet
detective / investigator / agent
intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil
to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit
explorer; adventurer
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  *探* | 探* | *探
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
HSK 7-9
to find a path
to pry into / to spy on / to probe into
to feel for sth / to grope
exploratory
to inquire into / to ask after
to check on sb at his workplace / to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors
to seek unusual scenery or places
space exploration
detector; probe
to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting
to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
explorer
space probe
enemy spy
secret agent / detective
to probe deeply and uncover minute details
to check / to investigate / to probe (into)
to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风
tango (dance) (loanword)
(police) detective
space exploration
(of a detective) to investigate a case
(cognitive psychology) probe letter
to investigate / to delve / to probe / to enquire into / to look into
to inquire into / to ask after
Pathfinder, NASA spacecraft sent to Mars in 1977
to make a trip home
probe
(of stock prices, etc) to slump; to dip
inside informer / mole / plant
exploratory
to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly
detective (in former times)
to bend forward / to lean out
to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie / in the bag
dipstick / measuring rod
to visit a sick person or patient
sniffer dog
(mining) test pit; exploratory shaft; test well
candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry
to explore a mystery / to probe the unknown
visitation rights (law)
to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc) / probe; sensor
secret agent / detective / covert investigator
to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub
to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy / nosy
to conduct exploratory drilling
to make inquiries about sb or sth / to fish for information
mine detector (employee)
searchlight
to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc)
(coll.) sudden emergence of a person or vehicle from a blind spot (esp. into oncoming traffic)
Cluedo (board game)
to prospect; to dig for coal or minerals
mounted scout (arch.)
to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of
exploratory; tentative
police detective
to inspect metal for flaws (using X-ray or ultrasound etc)
to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)
drilling machine
Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
to detect mines / mine detection
prospector / person exploring for minerals
to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning
erhua variant of 探頭探腦|探头探脑


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