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HSK
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
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  *色* | 色* | *色
color / CL: 種|种 / look / appearance / sex
HSK 4
color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff
HSK 2
color / multicolored
HSK 3
red (color) / revolutionary
HSK 2
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
HSK 4
blue (color)
HSK 2
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  *染* | 染* | *染
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
HSK 5
to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc)
to apply color; to color; to paint
pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual
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  *褐* | 褐* | *褐
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
HSK 7-9
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  *鮮* | 鮮* | *鮮
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods
HSK 4
orange (color)
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  *色* | 色* | *色
(coll.) color / used in 色子
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  *淺* | 淺* | *淺
shallow / light (color)
HSK 4
primary color
color TV
HSK 7-9
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  *橙* | 橙* | *橙
orange tree / orange (color)
color and luster
dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color)
HSK 7-9
orange (color)
skin color
milky white / cream color
a bright color / sparkle / shine / glitter
rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
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  *彩* | 彩* | *彩
(bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize
color printing using several overlaid images
color contrast
color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
natural color
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
to lose color / to turn pale
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  *泛* | 泛* | *泛
(bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
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  *嫩* | 嫩* | *嫩
young and tender / (of food) tender; lightly cooked / (of color) light / (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
HSK 7-9
color painting
violet (color)
lip gloss; lip color gloss
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  *淡* | 淡* | *淡
insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of ) nitrogen
HSK 4
bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant
color gamut
gold color
color printing using several overlaid images
coffee color / brown
red-orange color / dark orange
light color
to lose color / to fade
granny gray (hair color)
color Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine)
lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
scarlet (color)
color separation
color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷
full color / in all colors
olive-green (color)
printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color)
color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
exoticism / local color / exotic
red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret
color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket
colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker
tangerine yellow / saffron (color)
water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
purple / violet (color)
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  *緗* | 緗* | *緗
light yellow color
color-blind / color blindness
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
tone / timbre / sound color
shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
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  *騂* | 騂* | *騂
horse (or cattle) of reddish color / bay horse
to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3]
warm tone / warm color
saturation (color theory)
golden / gold (color)
warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
(Malaysia) thick soy sauce (used to give food a glossy, caramel-like color)
shade (of lipstick etc); color option
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
to paint / to color
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  *呈* | 呈* | *呈
to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color)
accent color
(of an animal) appearance or color of coat
light (color) / pale / vague (feeling)
color gradient
cream (color)
color wheel
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  *綷* | 綷* | *綷
five-color silk / see 綷縩
ginger (color)
creamy white; ivory color
to lose color / to turn pale / to bleach / to fade
to enlarge color photos / color film processing
orange (color) / orange peel (used in TCM)
color vision
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  *褪* | 褪* | *褪
to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers) / (of color) to fade / (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade / Taiwan pr. [tun4]
lilac (color)
coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining)

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