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HSK
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
HSK 1
(of time) how long? / (not) a long time
HSK 2
for a long time; long since / (dialect) in the past
HSK 3
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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
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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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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  *久* | 久* | *久
(of a period of time) long
HSK 3
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  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur
HSK 3
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2
no more; no longer
HSK 6
at long last / finally / on the whole
HSK 5
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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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  *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, shadows 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
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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
(not) ever again; (not) any longer
HSK 5
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 thirst for / to long for
HSK 5
to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
HSK 4
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
long vacation
HSK 6
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
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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
very long / endless
HSK 5
all day long; the whole day
HSK 7-9
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
HSK 7-9
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  *征* | 征* | *征
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack
HSK 7-9
(idiom) long-married couple
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
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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
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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
to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) / to set off on a journey (longer trip)
HSK 6
may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) / long may you live
long-established / time-honored
for a long time
HSK 7-9
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
for a very long time
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
HSK 7-9
character acquired through long habit / habits and properties
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
long term
Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
long-distance running
HSK 6
good prospects in the long term (finance)
long COVID
before long / soon after
covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
well tested over a long period of time (idiom) / seasoned
(haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
far-reaching / profound and long-lasting
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
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
to meet again after a long period of separation
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
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  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
HSK 6
mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling
HSK 7-9
in the past always / for a long time now / until now
long (tradition, history etc)
HSK 7-9
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
long jump (athletics)
HSK 3
Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty
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  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
surname Long
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
(coll.) all day long / all the time
HSK 7-9
long woven mat used to form a cylindrical grain bin
long-term coexistence
large amount / staple / influential family of long standing
HSK 7-9
not long ago
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
(coll.) (a person's) long legs
to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white (abbr. to 金菇)
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
unable to put up with (sth) any longer
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) / same as 蟢子
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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
no longer; not again
a long period of separation
traveler (on a long journey) / participant in an expedition / garrison soldier / new recruit
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
HSK 7-9
to accumulate over a long period of time
to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view / acute foresight
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
for a long time
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
already a long time
out of control / berserk / to go for a long walk

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