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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
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  *指* | 指* | *指
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
HSK 4
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  *寄* | 寄* | *寄
to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail
HSK 4
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  *据* | 据* | *据
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
HSK 6
to depend on; to be dependent on
HSK 6
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
HSK 7-9
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
HSK 7-9
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  *依* | 依* | *依
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of
HSK 7-9
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to rely on / to depend on / support
HSK 7-9
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  *赖* | 赖* | *赖
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
HSK 6
to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on
HSK 7-9
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
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  *聊* | 聊* | *聊
(coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily; for a while / (literary) somewhat; slightly / (literary) to depend upon
HSK 6
to depend on sth for existence / dependent on
to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
to rely on / to depend on
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  *仗* | 仗* | *仗
weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle
to look at sth from a particular angle; to depend on (some attribute)
to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on / also written 憑借|凭借
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
(it) depends on ...
depending on the situation
(usually followed by 於|于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
to be determined by / to depend on
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to rely on; to depend on
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  *傍* | 傍* | *傍
near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter
(it) depends on ...
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  *镊* | 镊* | *镊
(bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is or or etc)
to rely on / to depend on
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
see 海東市|海东市 / (also can refer to Liaodong, the Korean Peninsula, Bohai or Japan, depending on the historical context)
(political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
lit. the butt governs the head (idiom) / fig. where one stands depends on where one sits / one's views are shaped by one's circumstances
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
to rely on / to depend on
success or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here; this is the make-or-break moment
lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
to trim one's sails with the wind / to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
to depend ultimately on (Tw) / absolutely reliant on
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王 or 大王)
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to depend on / to rely on
to depend on others


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