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HSK
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  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
HSK 1
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
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  *爱* | 爱* | *爱
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
HSK 1
to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
HSK 1
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
HSK 2
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
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  *使* | 使* | *使
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
HSK 3
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  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain; to give an account; to brief / to confess; to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
HSK 5
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
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  *划* | 划* | *划
to row / to paddle / profitable / worth (the effort) / it pays (to do sth)
HSK 4
to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL: 個|个, 項|项 / certainly
HSK 3
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
HSK 4
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  *让* | 让* | *让
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )
HSK 2
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
HSK 1
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查) / to do a security check
HSK 6
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance
HSK 3
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
HSK 5
inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during
HSK 5
need not / does not have to / not necessarily
HSK 3
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
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  *搞* | 搞* | *搞
to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of
HSK 5
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  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon
HSK 1
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
HSK 2
(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
HSK 4
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  *该* | 该* | *该
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
HSK 2
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
HSK 5
to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)
HSK 5
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
HSK 6
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
HSK 4
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5
to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
HSK 6
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  *整* | 整* | *整
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
HSK 3
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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
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  *为* | 为* | *为
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
HSK 3
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
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  *请* | 请* | *请
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
HSK 1
to do business
HSK 7-9
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example
HSK 5
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
HSK 2
to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
HSK 6
to do everything one can / to spare no effort / to strive
HSK 7-9
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  *弄* | 弄* | *弄
to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with
HSK 2
to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment
HSK 6
prosperous; well-to-do; well-off
HSK 7-9
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  *害* | 害* | *害
to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
HSK 5
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth)
HSK 4
healthy and beautiful / to do fitness exercises / abbr. for 健美運動|健美运动
HSK 7-9
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  *作* | 作* | *作
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
HSK 6
power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
HSK 7-9
to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
HSK 3
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  *NG* | NG* | *NG
(loanword from Japanese "NG", an initialism for "no good") (film and TV) blooper; to do a blooper
to do something at one go / to flow smoothly
to do well at / to do a good job
HSK 5
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  *利* | 利* | *利
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
HSK 6
why not? / why not do (sth)?
to do one's shopping
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
can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
to do business / to trade
HSK 4
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  *待* | 待* | *待
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
HSK 7-9
for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end
HSK 6
to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself
HSK 7-9
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
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  *莫* | 莫* | *莫
do not / there is none who
not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth)
HSK 7-9
improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
to keep the books; to do the accounts; (in context) to cook the books
conveniently / without extra trouble / while doing it / in passing
HSK 4
to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly
HSK 7-9
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
can't help (doing sth)
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

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