| | lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities | |
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| | (idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town | |
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| | only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) | HSK 2 |
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| | to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant | |
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| | to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through | HSK 4 |
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| | (idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts | |
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| | to feel very apologetic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife | |
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| | to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1] | |
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| | to skate around / to skip over / to skimp | |
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| | lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach | |
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| | supply exceeds demand | |
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| | jumpy / nervous / oversensitive | |
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| | to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle) | |
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| | excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue | HSK 5 |
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| | not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark | |
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| | to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat | |
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| | to squeeze through / to force one's way through | |
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| | later / after a while | |
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| | (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) | |
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| | to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon | HSK 6 |
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| | cigarette filter; filter tip | |
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| | to have a highly retentive memory / to have sth imprinted in one's memory | |
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| | acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense | |
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| | wealth never survives three generations (idiom) | |
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| | to have an easy time / (feel) well | |
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| | to distrust / to be suspicious | |
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| | couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful | |
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| | (idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic) | |
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| | (soccer) one-two / push-and-run | |
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| | nothing can surpass | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to weigh sth | |
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| | overwork | |
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| | to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam) | |
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| | excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) | |
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| | premature / too soon | |
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| | obsession / excessive concern | |
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| | to overpraise / to flatter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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| | satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by | |
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| | to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out | |
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| | lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic | |
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| | conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction | HSK 7-9 |
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| | overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom) | |
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| | to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through | HSK 7-9 |
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| | allergic reaction / hypersensitive reaction / anaphylaxis | |
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| | presentable / passable | |
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| | to filter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | transient | |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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| | excessive; undue / unduly; overly | HSK 4 |
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| | (in the) past; former; previous / to go over; to pass by | HSK 2 |
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| | transitional / bridging | |
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| | previous sins | |
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| | If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom) | |
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| | to pass through a country's territory / transit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | past one's prime / has-been | |
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| | have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb) | |
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| | to excel / to surpass | |
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| | the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc) | |
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| | only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ... | HSK 5 |
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| | to celebrate the Chinese New Year | HSK 2 |
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| | (stationery) to laminate | |
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| | to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways | |
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| | too clever by half; excessive ingenuity | |
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| | to go through the motions | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of birds) to migrate south for the winter | |
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| | to be unable to breathe easily | |
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| | (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash | |
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| | error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hypersensitive / allergic reaction / anaphylaxis | |
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| | hydrogen peroxide H2O2 | |
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| | peroxide | |
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| | excessive | |
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| | to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult | HSK 2 |
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| | to flash past / to flit by | |
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| | can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb) | |
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| | mapping process | |
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| | (idiom) to survive a calamity / to get through a crisis | |
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| | to be unable to breathe | |
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| | things change with the passage of time (idiom) | |
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| | a passer-by | |
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| | to die / to pass away | |
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| | to be excessive; to be more than is required | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom) | |
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| | to cross over / to pass through | HSK 7-9 |
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| | an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it | |
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| | to show an interest in / to get involved with | |
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| | to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf | |
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| | mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to surmount / to cross over | |
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| | to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via | HSK 2 |
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| | exaggeration | |
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| | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | HSK 6 |
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