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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
to lengthen and shorten / flexible / adjustable / retractable / extensible / telescoping (collapsible)
HSK 7-9
flexible / nimble / agile
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *机* | 机* | *机
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *软* | 软* | *软
soft / flexible
HSK 5
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
flexibility / elasticity
HSK 7-9
flexible / accommodating
flexibility
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
pliable and tough / supple and strong / flexible
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柔* | 柔* | *柔
soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
flexibility
flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil)
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will
flexible hose
flexibility
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
improvisation / flexible / adaptable / pragmatic
flexible
adaptability / flexibility
flexibility
flexible / adaptable
hose / flexible tube
flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang)
flexible


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