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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
HSK 1
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  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
(of time) how long? / (not) a long time
HSK 2
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  *条* | 条* | *条
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
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  *长* | 长* | *长
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
HSK 2
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
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  *久* | 久* | *久
(of a period of time) long
HSK 3
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
long jump (athletics)
HSK 3
for a long time; long since / (dialect) in the past
HSK 3
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  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
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  *粗* | 粗* | *粗
(of sth long) wide; thick / (of sth granular) coarse / (of a voice) gruff / (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude
HSK 4
long distance / long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话) / long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车)
HSK 4
to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
HSK 4
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
at long last / finally / on the whole
HSK 5
to thirst for / to long for
HSK 5
very long / endless
HSK 5
(not) ever again; (not) any longer
HSK 5
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  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
HSK 6
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  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
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  *肝* | 肝* | *肝
liver (CL:葉|叶) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
long vacation
HSK 6
to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) / to set off on a journey (longer trip)
HSK 6
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
no more; no longer
HSK 6
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
HSK 7-9
remote / long distance / long range
HSK 7-9
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  *征* | 征* | *征
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack
HSK 7-9
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
HSK 7-9
far-reaching / profound and long-lasting
HSK 7-9
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
HSK 7-9
deposits accumulated over long periods / fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom
HSK 7-9
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
all day long; the whole day
HSK 7-9
(coll.) all day long / all the time
HSK 7-9
to extend as long as / to lengthen out to
HSK 7-9
long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing)
HSK 7-9
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
HSK 7-9
long (tradition, history etc)
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
(haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
HSK 7-9
long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
HSK 7-9
mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
large amount / staple / influential family of long standing
HSK 7-9
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  *盼* | 盼* | *盼
to hope for / to long for / to expect
HSK 7-9
expedition / long journey
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
a very long time (etymology: in mathematics, n represents an arbitrarily large number)
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  *曼* | 曼* | *曼
handsome / large / long
to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
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  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
surname Long
Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
for a very long time
ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
long life
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  *鿍* | 鿍* | *鿍
hill / long and narrow highland / (used in place names)
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  *翟* | 翟* | *翟
long-tail pheasant
scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
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  *戟* | 戟* | *戟
halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
to meet again after a long period of separation
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  *莘* | 莘* | *莘
long / numerous
lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive
to stay for a long time
out of control / berserk / to go for a long walk
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  *隆* | 隆* | *隆
surname Long / short for 吉隆坡, Kuala Lumpur
long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
character acquired through long habit / habits and properties
to lengthen / to pull sth out longer
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
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  *袁* | 袁* | *袁
long robe (old)
long table; counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
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  *恋* | 恋* | *恋
to feel attached to / to long for / to love
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
before the present / (a long period) ago
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  *痼* | 痼* | *痼
obstinate disease / (of passion, hobbies) long-term
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life

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