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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搬* | 搬* | *搬
to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately
HSK 3
heavy / hard / serious / critical
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *重* | 重* | *重
heavy / serious / to attach importance to
HSK 1
heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
HSK 7-9
heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy / laborious; arduous
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沉* | 沉* | *沉
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
HSK 4
to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盤* | 盤* | *盤
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餳* | 餳* | *餳
maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky
heavy responsibility
HSK 7-9
dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect)
HSK 7-9
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
heavy metal
thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified
to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
HSK 7-9
heavy / heavy duty / large caliber
HSK 7-9
oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled
HSK 7-9
to rely heavily upon
heavy
HSK 7-9
heavy rain / CL: 場|场
dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding
deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
HSK 7-9
rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense
HSK 7-9
heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous
HSK 7-9
the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掄* | 掄* | *掄
to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)
HSK 7-9
to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage
HSK 7-9
heavy element (such as uranium)
a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc)
short and stout / heavy-set
to lay down a heavy burden
symphonic metal (pop music) / heavy metal with symphonic pretensions
heavy curtain
awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed
lit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom) / fruit hangs heavy on the bough / fig. countless accomplishments / one great result after another
to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow
heavy weapon
light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
(aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator
thick and heavy in colors / to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic
strong wind and heavy rain (idiom)
splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down
to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom) / to huff and puff
(of rain) to fall heavily
to pant heavily
vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome
heavy smoker / chain smoker
heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车)
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
heavy object
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *氘* | 氘* | *氘
deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2
heavy smoker / chain smoker
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
(of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful; significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty
lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment
(of a pack animal) to carry a heavy load
(slang) to modify in a fantastical way; to modify heavily
heavily-guarded
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker
feeling full from drinking a lot of water or consuming a liquid-heavy meal
unskilled labor / heavy manual work
heavy artillery
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *潦* | 潦* | *潦
flooded / heavy rain
also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun
heavy water (chemistry)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紼* | 紼* | *紼
heavy rope / rope of a bier
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
high pressure / bearing a heavy weight
(petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil
heavy load (on a truck)
heavily / severely
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
heavy industry / manufacturing
high-handed (measures) / with a heavy hand
to withstand heavy use / durable
heavy industry
luxuriant (growth) / numerous / cloudy / misty / snowing heavily
sudden downpour; brief heavy rain
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹾* | 蹾* | *蹾
(coll.) to put sth down heavily / to plonk
heavy machine gun
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution) / days / occasions
rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm
(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden

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