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idea / opinion / suggestion / objection / complaint / CL: 點|点, 條|条
HSK 2
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
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
concept / idea / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea
HSK 3
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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
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
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 promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
HSK 4
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
layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing
HSK 5
to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
HSK 5
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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
to hint / to indicate (an idea to sb)
HSK 7-9
(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
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
HSK 7-9
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
idea / concept / philosophy / theory
HSK 7-9
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
incarnation / reincarnation / embodiment (of abstract idea) / personification
HSK 7-9
mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
original idea / real intention / etymon
HSK 7-9
one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
HSK 7-9
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
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  *意* | 意* | *意
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
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  *蓄* | 蓄* | *蓄
to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas)
outward appearance / superficial / (philosophy, psychology) representation / idea / (math.) representation
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea / concept; central idea / to be determined (to do sth)
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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)
(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)
a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
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  *辙* | 辙* | *辙
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after or 沒|没) way; idea
new idea
to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle
soul / mind / idea
subjective idea
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick
to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
to create; to come up with (an idea etc)
scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
error / mistaken idea / falsehood
to discuss / to bring up various ideas for discussion
to express or convey one's ideas
wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire
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
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
preconceived idea / bias / prejudice
pedantic / trite / inflexible / adherence to old ideas
good plan / good idea
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边
to make a suggestion / to state (one's views, ideas etc) / suggestion / advice / idea
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)
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific)
an original idea
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
a broad outline / the general idea / roughly
general facial appearance; features / arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection
various ideas / diverse opinions
the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan
sudden idea / flash of thought
to have no idea / to be unsure
(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter / to scatter / (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions
to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate
lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
abandoned idea
gist / main idea
(coll.) idea / hope
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration
imaginative / to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
erroneous views / false idea / false opinion
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc) / to develop and change
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint) / to communicate a moral / to convey the Way / to express (idea, preference, complaint)
ability to grasp ideas / understanding
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance

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