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to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience
HSK 3
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
to know from experience / to learn through experience / to realize / understanding / experience
HSK 3
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
to experience; to go through / experience (CL:,)
HSK 3
fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon
HSK 4
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  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
experience / to go through; to experience
HSK 3
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to experience for oneself
HSK 3
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  *尝* | 尝* | *尝
to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once
HSK 5
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to experience; to go through
HSK 7-9
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
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  *更* | 更* | *更
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
to gain knowledge and experience
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
to meet with / to encounter / (bitter) experience
HSK 6
(coll.) one's first time ever experiencing sth (esp. sth notable or unusual)
to experience / experience
HSK 7-9
to learn through experience / experience / practiced / experienced
qualifications / experience / seniority
HSK 7-9
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
(literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset / (fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem / (coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)
to personally experience
one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
to experience together with sb
to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc)
knowledge and experience
(of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap
(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate / (chemistry) sediment; precipitate / (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)
HSK 7-9
deposits accumulated over long periods / fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom
HSK 7-9
experienced / with ample experience
age and experience / seniority
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
to experience / to realize / to comprehend
(neologism) (slang) (of music, visual style, movement or experiences) powerfully engaging in a way that excites or resonates deeply; electrifying; intense; pulse-pounding
to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom) / fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) / forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
(military) to clear landmines / (fig.) (slang) to give people a heads-up; to warn others about bad experiences
Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings
the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
to pass on experience (to the next generation)
to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
years of teaching experience; teaching experience
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
to experience adventures
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
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
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year
out-of-body experience
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
much obliged / thank you / to ask advice / (ironically or humorously) to experience / to taste
full of political wisdom (idiom) / politically astute / with encyclopedic experience of state policy
to enjoy fully / to experience to the full over a long period
(idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)
to experience good luck
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  *涉* | 涉* | *涉
(literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern
old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
to be more scared than hurt (idiom) / to get through a daunting experience without mishap
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  *体* | 体* | *体
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
(of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
knowledge and experience
to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods
person who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet
to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience
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  *阅* | 阅* | *阅
to inspect / to review / to read / to peruse / to go through / to experience
(literary) brief obituary / one's past experience / one's past record / Taiwan pr. [xing4 zhuang4]
old soldier; veteran / veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
sophisticate / man with extensive experience / child prodigy / Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child) / spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM)
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  *历* | 历* | *历
to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history
(idiom) to have a bad experience as a customer / to encounter poor service
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
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  *尝* | 尝* | *尝
to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗|尝)
HSK 5
(idiom) to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel
to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience
to encounter a ghost or supernatural being / (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky
army life (idiom) / the experience of war
length of experience as a driver
(of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth (at the expense of flowering or fruiting)
sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
to experience / to observe

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