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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飞* | 飞* | *飞
to fly
HSK 1
(of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炸* | 炸* | *炸
to burst; to explode / to blow up; to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
HSK 6
to sail / to fly / to navigate
HSK 7-9
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *航* | 航* | *航
boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翊* | 翊* | *翊
assist / ready to fly / respect
to allow to fly
to fly over / to fly past
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颉* | 颉* | *颉
(of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool)
to rise / to fly upward
to fly to the moon
to fly swiftly upward / to soar
lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation)
to drive (a car) / to fly (an aircraft) / to pilot (a boat)
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
to fly solo / (fig.) (of a band member) to go solo; (of an employee) to leave and start up one's own company
fruit fly
to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翩* | 翩* | *翩
to fly fast
to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
to fly into a rage / to rage violently
to wave / to flutter / to fly
(idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red
talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蝇* | 蝇* | *蝇
fly / musca / CL: 隻|只
to fly or sail direct (to ...)
to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
(of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions / to splatter everywhere
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螥* | 螥* | *螥
Japanese variant of 蒼|苍 house-fly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蜚* | 蜚* | *蜚
gad-fly
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翚* | 翚* | *翚
pheasant / golden pheasant / variegated / to fly
to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable
to fly an airplane
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颃* | 颃* | *颃
fly down
house fly
(TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *趐* | 趐* | *趐
(archaic) to enter / to fly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟊* | 蟊* | *蟊
Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卂* | 卂* | *卂
(archaic) to fly rapidly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鴥* | 鴥* | *鴥
(of a bird) to fly swiftly / to swoop
to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
to fly out
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飏* | 飏* | *飏
to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬, to scatter / to spread
(of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate / (of birds) to fly away in all directions
to die / to fly on a crane
to spin rapidly; to whirl around / (of time) to fly by
to fly as a flock or swarm
to fly magically through the air
to fly about / to fly hither and thither / to flit / to swarm / to spiral
to fly on a crane / to die
lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly / displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset / to have the world at one's feet
(of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air
lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable
tippet (in fly-fishing)
headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
lit. briefcase company / dummy corporation / shell company / fly-by-night company
to fly illegally (of planes, drones etc)
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit
pants fly is down / the barn door is open
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
to spread wings and fly
one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
fly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities
to fly on a crane and become immortal
lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom)
to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place


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