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  *第* | 第* | *第
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just
HSK 1
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  *地* | 地* | *地
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:
HSK 1
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  *弟* | 弟* | *弟
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
HSK 1
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  *低* | 低* | *低
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
HSK 2
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
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  *递* | 递* | *递
to hand over; to pass on; to deliver / (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
HSK 5
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  *滴* | 滴* | *滴
a drop / to drip
HSK 6
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  *堤* | 堤* | *堤
dike / Taiwan pr. [ti2]
HSK 7-9
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  *堤* | 堤* | *堤
variant of
HSK 7-9
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  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
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  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
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  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
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  *提* | 提* | *提
used in 提防 and 提溜
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  *迪* | 迪* | *迪
to enlighten
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  *籴* | 籴* | *籴
to buy up (grain)
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  *绦* | 绦* | *绦
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  *翟* | 翟* | *翟
long-tail pheasant
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  *帝* | 帝* | *帝
emperor
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  *抵* | 抵* | *抵
to press against; to support; to prop up / to resist; to withstand / to be equal to; to match / to balance; to offset / to mortgage / to make up for; to compensate for / to arrive at; to reach / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3])
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  *谛* | 谛* | *谛
to examine / truth (Buddhism)
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  *蒂* | 蒂* | *蒂
stem (of fruit)
master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰
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  *敌* | 敌* | *敌
(bound form) enemy / (bound form) to be a match for; to rival / (bound form) to resist; to withstand
Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
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  *狄* | 狄* | *狄
surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
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  *狄* | 狄* | *狄
low ranking public official (old)
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  *邸* | 邸* | *邸
surname Di
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  *邸* | 邸* | *邸
(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
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  *缔* | 缔* | *缔
(archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union; to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)
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  *镝* | 镝* | *镝
dysprosium (chemistry)
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  *镝* | 镝* | *镝
arrow or arrowhead (old)
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  *骶* | 骶* | *骶
(bound form) sacrum
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  *荻* | 荻* | *荻
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) / used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
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  *嘀* | 嘀* | *嘀
(onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
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  *嘀* | 嘀* | *嘀
used in 嘀咕
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  *哋* | 哋* | *哋
(Cant.) plural for pronouns
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  *嫡* | 嫡* | *嫡
(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with )
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  *娣* | 娣* | *娣
wife of a younger brother
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  *睇* | 睇* | *睇
(literary) to cast a sidelong glance / (dialect) to see; to look at
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  *涤* | 涤* | *涤
to wash / to cleanse
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  *踶* | 踶* | *踶
to kick / to tread on
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  *砥* | 砥* | *砥
baffle (pier) / whetstone
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖
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  *翟* | 翟* | *翟
surname Di / variant of , generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜
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  *坻* | 坻* | *坻
place name
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  *笛* | 笛* | *笛
flute
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  *氐* | 氐* | *氐
name of an ancient tribe
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  *氐* | 氐* | *氐
foundation / on the whole
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  *诋* | 诋* | *诋
to defame / to slander
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  *蒂* | 蒂* | *蒂
variant of
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  *觌* | 觌* | *觌
face to face
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  *柢* | 柢* | *柢
foundation / root
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  *玓* | 玓* | *玓
pearly
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  *弤* | 弤* | *弤
carved bow
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  *菂* | 菂* | *菂
(literary) lotus seed / Taiwan pr. [di1]
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  *鬄* | 鬄* | *鬄
wig / Taiwan pr. [ti4]
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  *啲* | 啲* | *啲
some / few / a little (Cantonese)
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  *禘* | 禘* | *禘
imperial ancestral sacrifice
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  *羝* | 羝* | *羝
billy goat / ram
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  *甋* | 甋* | *甋
a jar without ears
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  *蹢* | 蹢* | *蹢
hoof
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  *呧* | 呧* | *呧
vex
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  *靮* | 靮* | *靮
reins / bridle
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  *蔋* | 蔋* | *蔋
dry / scorched
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  *鍉* | 鍉* | *鍉
spoon / key
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  *鞮* | 鞮* | *鞮
surname Di
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  *鞮* | 鞮* | *鞮
leather shoes
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  *牴* | 牴* | *牴
to butt / resist
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  *觝* | 觝* | *觝
to butt / resist
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  *遰* | 遰* | *遰
to go away / to migrate
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  *渧* | 渧* | *渧
to drop, as liquids / a drop
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  *䗖* | 䗖* | *䗖
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  *珶* | 珶* | *珶
white jade worn on belt
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  *梊* | 梊* | *梊
squeeze out of / extract
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  *鸐* | 鸐* | *鸐
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
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  *墬* | 墬* | *墬
variant of
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑, Jie , Di , Qiang , esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
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  *蝃* | 蝃* | *蝃
variant of 螮|䗖
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  *廸* | 廸* | *廸
variant of
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  *釱* | 釱* | *釱
fetters / to fetter
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  *俤* | 俤* | *俤
variant of
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth
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  *碲* | 碲* | *碲
tellurium (chemistry)
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩
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  *棣* | 棣* | *棣
Kerria japonica
Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
Di Tang Quan - "Ground-Prone Fist" / "Ground Tumbling Boxing" - Martial Art
di-n-propyl ether
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  *尧* | 尧* | *尧
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
Donatello (c. 1386-1466) / Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance painter and sculptor
Di Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC
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  *杕* | 杕* | *杕
lone-standing tree
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
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  *篴* | 篴* | *篴
flute
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  *菧* | 菧* | *菧
stibene
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  *逓* | 逓* | *逓
Japanese variant of 遞|递
fine / good / beautiful

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