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idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea
HSK 3
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
HSK 4
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 4
to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
HSK 5
idea / opinion / suggestion / objection / complaint / CL: 點|点, 條|条
HSK 2
concept / idea / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing
HSK 5
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself
HSK 4
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
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  *意* | 意* | *意
(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense / (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利)
(of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
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  *播* | 播* | *播
(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4]
HSK 6
original idea / real intention / etymon
HSK 7-9
to meet (sb) for the first time; to encounter (a place, an idea etc) for the first time
with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose
to create; to come up with (an idea etc)
spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer
HSK 7-9
general idea / main idea
HSK 7-9
idea / concept / philosophy / theory
HSK 7-9
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to act in concert; to pool ideas and efforts
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific)
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  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
imaginative / to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
incarnation / reincarnation / embodiment (of abstract idea) / personification
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
an original idea
scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
to discuss / to bring up various ideas for discussion
to misunderstand / to get the wrong idea
to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
HSK 7-9
to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate
new ideas
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
idea / thought
the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan
new idea
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
ability to grasp ideas / understanding
error / mistaken idea / falsehood
(lit. and fig.) to permeate / to seep into / (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population) / (of hostile forces) to infiltrate / (chemistry) osmosis
HSK 7-9
to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
HSK 7-9
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
motif (loanword) / main idea / theme
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
trick / pattern / novel idea / knack
to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
product that incorporates traditional culture or local elements with innovative design ideas
to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea / concept; central idea / to be determined (to do sth)
one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
HSK 7-9
good plan / good idea
gist / main idea
tentative idea
to hint / to indicate (an idea to sb)
HSK 7-9
a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
an unconventional but wonderful idea
exchange of ideas
abandoned idea
pedantic / trite / inflexible / adherence to old ideas
preconceived idea / bias / prejudice
a broad outline / the general idea / roughly
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth
various ideas / diverse opinions
to adapt (an idea etc)
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter / to scatter / (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions
subjective idea
Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection
(my) humble opinion / humble idea
(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea

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