| | to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | HSK 4 |
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| | despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | HSK 5 |
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| | rich / abundant / exuberant / to add for free / to throw in as bonus / to spare / to forgive / despite / although | HSK 7-9 |
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| | householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers | |
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| | Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances | |
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| | to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought | |
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| | to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong | |
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| | tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship | |
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| | lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant | |
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| | (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality | |
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| | (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat | |
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| | friends despite the difference in age | |
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| | old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years | |
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| | to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) | |
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| | to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom) | |
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| | persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination | |
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| | great despite minor blemishes / a rough diamond | |
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| | to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help | |
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| | (neologism c. 2014) (coll.) to be criticized, blamed or implicated in sth despite having done nothing to deserve it; to be unfairly targeted; to catch a stray (abbr. for 躺著也中槍|躺着也中枪) | |
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| | to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything | |
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| | (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger | |
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| | to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation | |
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| | lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation | |
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| | to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers | |
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| | lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use | |
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| | to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom) / to be snubbed despite showing good intentions | |
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| | to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback | |
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| | to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by | |
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| | to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom) | |
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| | no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) | |
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| | soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚 | |
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| | ambitious despite a lack of talent (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given | |
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| | silvery spear point actually made of pewter (idiom); fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior | |
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