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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
easy; straightforward / likely; liable to; apt to
HSK 3
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
HSK 5
convenient / easy / to facilitate
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轻* | 轻* | *轻
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
easy to; convenient for
HSK 5
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
easy; simple / rashly; offhandedly
HSK 4
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
take your time / take it easy
HSK 7-9
easy to learn
to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by
(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to moisten the lungs / to make expectoration easy (medicine)
really not easy (idiom)
convenient / handy / easy / bento (a meal in a partitioned box) / lunchbox
confident and at ease / free and easy
HSK 7-9
portable / easy to carry
amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
easy and comfortable / easy
HSK 7-9
to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation)
visually attractive / eye candy / easy on the eyes / to protect the eyes
easy to get along with
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
to go easy / unhurried / calm / Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
HSK 7-9
easy to remember
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull)
HSK 7-9
simple and easy / simplistic / simplicity
HSK 7-9
to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy
to make easy money / to make a fortune / to line one's pockets
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
easy to understand
to have an easy time / (feel) well
to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
to squander money / extravagant / prodigal / free and easy / agile
as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing / smooth; easy; without difficulty
HSK 7-9
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟
easy to do; easy to manage
easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit
flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy
HSK 7-9
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
(policy jargon) to make life easier and better for the public
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
to take it easy
to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
accommodating / easy to push around
easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy / no effort at all
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
easy to understand
comfortable armchair; easy chair / rocking chair
doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
handy / convenient and easy to use / smoothly
as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom) / in the bag / (as good as) in one's possession
wildflower / woman of easy virtue
(in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
amiable (manner) / unassuming / written in plain language / easy to take in
easy to learn
quick / agile / nimble / easy to handle / handy
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掞* | 掞* | *掞
easy / quiet
(idiom) easy to understand
(old) to instruct the young / to teach a child to read and write / as easy as ABC
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie / in the bag
to ease (tension) / to relax / to cause sth to relax / to alleviate / relaxed / easy and unhurried / leisurely / soothing / mild (slope)
relaxed / easy
to slacken off / to take it easy
to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
(fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
easy to grasp / easily understood
(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy
to relax / to relax efforts / to slack off / to take it easy / complacent / undisciplined
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
elegant / casual / free and easy
windfall / easy money / ill-gotten gains
easier said than done (idiom)
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
to pick up cress / fig. sth easy to do / a piece of cake
easy / simple / suitable for beginners
simple / easy to understand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *易* | 易* | *易
easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?
dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful

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