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| | to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must | HSK 4 |
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| | right and wrong / quarrel | HSK 7-9 |
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| | really isn't | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can it be possible that / could it be | HSK 7-9 |
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| | only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless | HSK 5 |
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| | Asia, Africa and Latin America | |
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| | asynchronous | |
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| | China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic | |
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| | South Africa / Southern Africa | |
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| | atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS | |
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| | non-nuclear | |
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| | African (person) | |
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| | wealthy and respectable people | |
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| | (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed | |
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| | sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis | |
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| | East Africa | |
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| | (idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different | |
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| | the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福 | |
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| | were it not for / if not for | |
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| | out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | only / nothing else | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal | |
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| | black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground) | |
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| | absolutely not | |
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| | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish | |
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| | much / very many | |
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| | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | trouble spot / sketchy area | |
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| | another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | amphetamine (loanword) | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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| | to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) | |
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| | If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it. | |
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| | dehumanization | |
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| | not only | |
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| | the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
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| | lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons | |
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| | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | HSK 7-9 |
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| | inhuman / (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc) | |
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| | non-governmental | |
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| | lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way | |
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| | a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero) | |
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| | of African descent | |
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| | unofficial; informal | |
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| | that is true | |
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| | (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash | |
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| | extremely grateful; very thankful | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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| | abnormal / irregular | |
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| | non-nuclear country | |
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| | to stir up trouble | |
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| | to stir up trouble | |
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| | atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS | |
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| | an emergency measure | |
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| | (of a medical condition) not fatal; not life-threatening | |
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| | nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition | HSK 7-9 |
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| | North Africa | |
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| | inhomogeneous | |
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| | to not really understand / to half-understand | |
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| | not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind | |
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| | London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) | |
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| | irreproachable (idiom) / nothing blameworthy about it at all | |
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| | African Development Bank | |
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| | a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth | |
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| | to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | |
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| | secular (society) / non-religious (party) | |
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| | non-motorized vehicle | |
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| | Central African Republic | |
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| | amphetamine (medical) (loanword) | |
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| | unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character | |
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| | to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | unnatural / occult | |
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| | modafinil (loanword) | |
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| | extremely important / no small matter | |
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| | unstratified | |
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| | nonmetal (chemistry) | |
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| | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears | |
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| | one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom) | |
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| | to confuse right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | nonrepresentational | |
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| | non-equilibrium / disequilibrium / unbalance | |
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| | East African Rift Valley | |
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| | Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition) | |
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| | improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非分 | |
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| | an illegitimate child | |
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| | (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage | |
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| | a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom) | |
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| | to make trouble out of nothing | |
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| | wouldn't it be ... ? | |
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| | serious inquiries only | |
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| | nuclear-free zone | |
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| | inessential / unnecessary | |
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| | to look for trouble | |
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