| | can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good | HSK 2 |
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| | where? / wherever; anywhere; somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | HSK 1 |
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| | can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) | HSK 1 |
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| | can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy | HSK 1 |
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| | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however | HSK 5 |
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| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice | HSK 2 |
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| | bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL: 張｜张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc | HSK 1 |
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| | to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it) | HSK 5 |
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| | not at all / simply (can) not | HSK 5 |
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| | unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand | HSK 4 |
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| | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible | HSK 4 |
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| | to be capable of / to be able to / can | HSK 2 |
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| | only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈｜只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | HSK 3 |
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| | won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | HSK 6 |
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| | whether one can; whether it is possible | HSK 6 |
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| | able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view | HSK 5 |
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| | to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it | HSK 4 |
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| | to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場｜场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand | HSK 3 |
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| | equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be just like; can be compared to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) hard work can make up for lack of natural talent | |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | can it be possible that / could it be | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
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| | can be rated as / can be said to be | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't help / cannot but | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nothing can be done (about it) | |
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| | (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) | HSK 4 |
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| | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) | |
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| | (gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finished off immediately / (fig.) (slang) a critical survival threshold; a point beyond which a person or household lacks sufficient buffer such that a single shock leads to rapid collapse | |
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| | that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong | HSK 4 |
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| | meal / to eat / classifier for meals | HSK 6 |
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| | to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) | HSK 1 |
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| | everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not to allow / must not / can't | HSK 5 |
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| | nothing can surpass | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unavoidable / can't be avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | how can this be endured! (idiom) | |
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| | the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances | |
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| | as far as the eye can see | |
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| | can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | can't bear to | |
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| | (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as far as the eye can see (idiom) | |
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| | miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy | HSK 6 |
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| | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) | |
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| | man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from | HSK 6 |
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| | bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can see / can tell | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist | |
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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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| | can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake | HSK 6 |
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| | to lift and support; to hold up (physically) / (fig.) to support sb (or sth) so that they can grow, develop or succeed | |
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| | kettle / canteen / watering can | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can | |
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| | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) | |
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| | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子); mysterious and subtle | |
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| | can be compared / to be very similar | |
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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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| | to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person | |
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| | handle / (fig.) information that can be used against sb | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪｜轮 | |
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| | never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) | |
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| | can be used for | |
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| | to disagree / I can't agree with that. | |
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| | (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | from this, it can be seen that... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do everything one can / to spare no effort / to strive | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if this can be done | |
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| | (lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / (fig.) very few | |
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| | large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice | |
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| | all are OK / both are OK / all can / both can / also can | |
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| | as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant / condescending / supercilious | |
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| | (idiom) poles apart; as different as can be | |
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| | can be seen everywhere | HSK 7-9 |
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| | reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human | |
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| | mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect. | |
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| | (Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc) | |
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| | can't compare with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
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| | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | |
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| | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | |
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| | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind | |
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| | lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison | |
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| | lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks | |
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| | lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back | |
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| | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost | |
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| | information asymmetry; information gap (esp. a difference in access to information that can be exploited for profit) | |
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