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  *件* | 件* | *件
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc
HSK 2
if; in case; in the event that
HSK 2
since (used after a specified time or event)
HSK 3
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  *度* | 度* | *度
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences
HSK 2
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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
incident; event
HSK 3
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  *次* | 次* | *次
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time
HSK 1
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
HSK 4
to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
HSK 5
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
to conduct; to hold (an event)
HSK 3
well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
HSK 6
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  *辦* | 辦* | *辦
to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) / (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办, admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室)
HSK 2
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck
HSK 4
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
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
item; project; (sports) event
HSK 4
course of events; process
HSK 3
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
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  *輪* | 輪* | *輪
wheel; disk; ring / steamship / to take turns; to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
HSK 4
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  *屆* | 屆* | *屆
to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
HSK 5
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
to flog a corpse / (fig.) to bring up sb's past failures or embarrassing moments long after the event has passed
to count the number of seconds (between two events)
lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9
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  *檔* | 檔* | *檔
(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
HSK 6
host team (at sports event) / host side
after the event
HSK 6
in advance; before the event
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  *陣* | 陣* | *陣
disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration
HSK 4
calendar of events
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
charity event / public service activities
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
HSK 7-9
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
random accident / chance event
bore; caliber; diameter; aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
HSK 7-9
sale / market / state of the market / sales event
(sports) (coll.) sweeper (in a running event)
front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to
to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
place for activities (playground, event venue etc)
course of events; process / (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
HSK 7-9
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
shopping festival; large-scale promotional sales event (e.g. Singles' Day 雙十一|双十一)
an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough
HSK 7-9
genuine people and true events
record of actual events / documentary (factual rather than fictional)
HSK 7-9
man proposes, God disposes (idiom) / one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events
not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events
the day before (an event)
according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
to try to predict the outcome of an event (for betting on sports results or for fun etc)
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  *樁* | 樁* | *樁
stump; stake; pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
HSK 7-9
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
to dispatch personnel; to send staff (to perform a task or attend an event)
(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
HSK 7-9
to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人, the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events
sporting event / item on program of sports competition
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of
HSK 7-9
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging / far from good / anything but reassuring
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it
to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
promotional event / sale
to keep a record of events / record / to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
highlight (of an event, movie etc)
human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
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  *逢* | 逢* | *逢
to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon
HSK 7-9
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
(publishing industry) book signing event; (music industry) fansign event
to postpone (an activity) in the event of wet weather
in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
to watch a match; to attend a sporting event as a spectator
to write an account (of events)
(of a singer) autograph session / record signing event
lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress
person who is wise after the event
course of events
sporting event
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  *場* | 場* | *場
threshing floor / classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
MICE tourism (acronym for "meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions"), aka "meetings industry" or "events industry"
past events / antecedent / what has happened
chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc)
to recall the past / to cherish the memory of past events / to reminisce / nostalgic
to fade / (fig.) to lose luster / (of an event etc) to be spoiled / (coinage) to become debased

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