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to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
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  *直* | 直* | *直
straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
HSK 3
to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation
HSK 3
to continue / to go on / to last
HSK 4
to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance
HSK 7-9
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  *继* | 继* | *继
to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards
HSK 7-9
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  *续* | 续* | *续
to continue / to replenish
HSK 7-9
to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office
HSK 7-9
(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
HSK 7-9
to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist / unremitting efforts
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  *绍* | 绍* | *绍
to continue / to carry on
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  *承* | 承* | *承
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive
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  *霖* | 霖* | *霖
continued rain
to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue
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  *袭* | 袭* | *袭
(bound form) to raid; to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
(literary) to continue; to carry on
(of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged
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  *赓* | 赓* | *赓
(literary) to continue; to carry on
to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship
residual heat; surplus heat; waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work
to continue in one's own way (idiom)
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  *嗣* | 嗣* | *嗣
succession (to a title) / to inherit / continuing (a tradition) / posterity
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
to follow / to continue
to zealously continue fighting
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
to be continued
(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies) / (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study
to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines
to continue / to continue a family line / posterity / heir
long-standing abuse / continuing fraud
to persist / to continue upholding / to persevere / to stick to sth / stubborn
to continue to exist
continuing education
to continue to fall (of share prices)
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
I still have sons, don't I? / fig. future generations will continue the work
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
used in expressions of the form V不誤|照V不误, in which V is a verb, means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照買不誤|照买不误, to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes)
to repeat errors / to continue blundering / to make continuous mistakes
to be unable to continue / to come to a dead end (idiom)
survival / the struggle to eke out a living / to seek for continued existence
to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)
lit. a following echo / fig. to continue (a tradition)
to continue the same old routine / to carry on just as before / to procrastinate
(of fire) to continue burning; to spread / (fig.) (of a disease, controversy, issue or trend) to spread; to intensify; to gain traction
to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief
(literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage
to continue to discuss a poem over a long period
to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner) / to be unable to make a living
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one


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