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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit / also pr. [hao3chu4]
HSK 2
result / achievement / gain / profit / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains
HSK 4
to come to a stop; to halt / to keep one's footing; to stay upright / (fig.) to hold one's ground; to gain a firm foothold / (of an assertion etc) to hold up; to be tenable
HSK 2
(idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions; to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc)
to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward
HSK 4
(idiom) the advantage gained by a third party when two sides are in conflict
(coll.) to play up one's misfortune to gain sympathy; to fish for pity
to gain; to get; to acquire
HSK 4
to win / to gain
HSK 4
(idiom) meager profit; petty gain
(lit.) break one's arm three times (to become a good doctor); (fig.) extensive experience (esp. gained through repeated hardship)
to get fat; to gain weight
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
(lit.) one action, two gains (idiom) / (fig.) two birds with one stone
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
to gain knowledge and experience
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
HSK 7-9
thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety)
what one acquires / one's gains
to win; to gain
profit / gain / to make profits
HSK 7-9
competitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
to share the booty; to divide ill-gotten gains
HSK 7-9
pros and cons / advantages and disadvantages / gains and losses
HSK 7-9
(loanword) / pass (for gaining admittance) / to pass (in a game of bridge etc) / to get through; to pass (an exam etc)
to make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
to take profits and lock in one's gains
(derog.) person who instigates lawsuits or otherwise exploits litigation for personal gain; legal shyster
petty advantage; small gains
as if gaining the most precious treasure
to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
(of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap
to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
points gained by making a good impression / kudos / brownie points
to look for a bargain / to seek advantage / to try to gain at expense of others
(drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
to make (military) incursions / to invade / to intrude into / to trespass / to gain unauthorized access (computing)
target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~
(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
profit / gain
gain / profit / to make a profit
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
(idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first; to preempt
to use gain as a lure
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *博* | 博* | *博
(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide / to win; to gain / to play; to gamble / learned; well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客)
to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain / to grope a woman or girl
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
to get more fans; to gain followers
to gain a firm foothold / (fig.) to get oneself established
to regurgitate / (fig.) (of a stock market) to give up (gains)
How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
to gain weight in the fall (to prepare for winter)
advantage / gain / net profit
to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards; to achieve gains
to take the lead / to gain the upper hand
to worry about personal gains and losses
to gain admission or secure a position by passing an exam
cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
to gain fame and success
(Internet slang) guy who grew up in the countryside and gained a foothold in the city through hard work
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance
(idiom) to abuse one's position for personal gain
there is no gain without a loss (idiom) / there is no such thing as a free meal
sense of gain
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous
(coll.) to cultivate good relations with sb / to try to gain favor with sb
personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL: 條|条
to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school / to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan) / abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选
you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
(cry of encouragement) / to arise / to stand up / to gain the ascendancy / Come on!
to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest
(literary) to gain fame; to be renowned
to gain by cheating
to exert oneself; to apply force / (of an enterprise etc) to gain momentum; to perform strongly
to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / (fig.) to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain
to be focused on short-term gain
to gain nothing / to end up empty-handed
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors

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