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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
clearly; evidently; obviously
HSK 3
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
to come to prominence / to appear clearly / to stick out
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
HSK 7-9
clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
HSK 7-9
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be well aware; to understand clearly
to present clearly / to give prominence to / to magnify / clear and obvious
HSK 7-9
insight / to see clearly
to show clearly
as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different
to state clearly
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
to penetrate / to pierce / to see clearly / to have an insight into
to elucidate / to explain clearly / to expound
to see clearly / deep insight / profound view
to realize clearly / to settle a matter / to get it over with
to clearly understand
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate
to see everything clearly
to see clearly
to hear clearly
to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
to explain clearly / to elucidate
to understand clearly; evident
evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
to understand clearly / evident
to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昭* | 昭* | *昭
bright / clear / manifest / to show clearly
exceptionally good / excellent / clearly outstanding / distinctive / peculiar / unique
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
to see clearly; to recognize; to realize
to enumerate in detail / to explain clearly
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
to see clearly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *察* | 察* | *察
to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident
clearly / evidently / markedly
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
to state explicitly / to clearly indicate
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
markedly / clearly
obvious / clearly visible
to note clearly / to perceive
to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom) / fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
to clearly indicate
not able to see clearly
to show clearly / to make public / obvious
to discern / to distinguish clearly
to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced
(dialect) obviously / clearly
(onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds)
to shine brightly / (fig.) to perceive clearly
obvious / manifest / clearly visible
appearing and disappearing / dimly visible / intermittent / implicit (but not clearly present)


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