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HSK
to improve; to make better / improvement
HSK 3
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
HSK 5
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress
HSK 3
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive / well-developed / excellent / to refine / to improve
HSK 3
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
to make better; to improve
HSK 4
to be on a positive trend; to be improving
to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) / to make oneself more attractive / to beautify
HSK 6
to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift; to hoist / (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
HSK 6
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *善* | 善* | *善
good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect
HSK 7-9
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
to reform / to rectify and improve
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
(idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
HSK 7-9
to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve
(idiom) to gradually improve; to get better and better
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
not improving; backward; below par
to improve taste / to make sth palatable
to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春 in 1961: 調整鞏固充實提高|调整巩固充实提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
to improve water quality
to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)
a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China
improved type / good breed / pedigree
to get better / to improve / to get well
to correct (improve) a translation
to sharpen on grindstone / to improve oneself by practice


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