| | and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) | HSK 4 |
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| | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore | HSK 2 |
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| | rather | HSK 4 |
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| | however; but; yet | HSK 4 |
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| | on the contrary; instead | HSK 4 |
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| | to leave without saying good-bye | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth | |
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| | therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ... | HSK 5 |
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| | (idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out | |
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| | making decisions without implementing them | |
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| | to disperse in confusion (idiom) | |
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| | come trippingly | |
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| | occasionally; from time to time | HSK 6 |
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| | to stand close to the door | |
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| | to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news | |
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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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| | to lump different matters together (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | even / so much so that | |
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| | to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to skate around / to skip over / to skimp | |
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| | again and again | |
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| | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it | |
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| | the age of 30 | |
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| | therefore | |
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| | it goes without saying; it is self-evident | |
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| | to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound | |
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| | to arrive unexpectably / unexpected | |
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| | to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view | |
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| | meet by chance / have a chance encounter | |
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| | (idiom) to divide and rule | |
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| | generally speaking | |
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| | thus / thereby | HSK 5 |
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| | lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unknown / unable to find out | HSK 7-9 |
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| | thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) | |
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| | to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion | |
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| | large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice | |
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| | may be done once and once only; just this once | |
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| | globally; worldwide | |
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| | varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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| | overt / to make no secret (of one's presence) / grandiose / with great scope | |
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| | (of a group of people) to rush into action | |
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| | lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable | |
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| | Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw) | |
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| | (idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | that's all / nothing more | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to arrive as planned / right on schedule | |
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| | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 7-9 |
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| | relatively speaking / comparatively speaking | HSK 7-9 |
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| | that's all; just this and nothing more | |
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| | to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future | |
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| | in a nutshell / to put it briefly | |
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| | directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind) | |
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| | to get round fast / to spread like wildfire | |
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| | (idiom) to have an aura of authority; to have a commanding presence | |
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| | (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | involuntary / automatically | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece | |
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| | (idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible | |
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| | to choose the right course and follow it (idiom) | |
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| | think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance | |
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| | (idiom) to come back to life (after death) | |
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| | to arrive in huge numbers / to flock there | |
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| | at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will | |
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| | to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location | |
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| | (idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others | |
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| | to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run | |
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| | lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity | |
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| | to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word | |
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| | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished | HSK 7-9 |
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| | easy / with no difficulty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence / One does what one can. | |
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| | what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) | |
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| | for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless | |
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| | to have both (at the same time) | |
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| | to rush out through a door (idiom) | |
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| | lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature | |
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| | arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion) | |
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| | (idiom) to look at each other and smile | |
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| | to blurt out without thinking (idiom) | |
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| | If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom) | |
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| | by good fortune / luckily | |
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| | lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom) / fig. worthless person in imposing attire | |
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| | study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects) | |
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| | by no means an isolated case / numerous | |
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| | lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises | |
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| | to come one after the other | |
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| | having no advantage whatsoever | |
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| | (idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop | |
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| | then / afterwards | HSK 7-9 |
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| | happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations | |
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