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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *會* | 會* | *會
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *接* | 接* | *接
to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
HSK 2
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content
HSK 3
to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit
HSK 2
in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence
HSK 4
to meet
HSK 4
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *見* | 見* | *見
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
HSK 1
to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
HSK 7-9
party / gathering / to meet / to get together
HSK 4
to have an accident / to meet with a mishap
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碰* | 碰* | *碰
to touch / to meet with / to bump
HSK 2
appointment / engagement / date / CL: , 個|个 / to arrange to meet
HSK 4
to meet; to run into; to come across
HSK 4
to run into / to meet (unexpectedly) / to bump into
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撞* | 撞* | *撞
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident
HSK 5
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / fig. something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it
to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) / CL:
HSK 6
to submit to death; prepare to die!; meet your doom!
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遇* | 遇* | *遇
(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned / (bound form) to treat; to receive
HSK 4
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
HSK 6
to meet again / until we meet again / goodbye
to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship) / an experience (esp. adverse)
HSK 6
to meet as volunteers for an uprising
(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
income does not cover expenditure / unable to make ends meet
to respond to an emergency / to meet a contingency / (attributive) emergency
HSK 6
to suffer / to meet with (sth unfortunate)
HSK 6
to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere
to meet by chance
meet by chance / have a chance encounter
to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
to encounter / to rendezvous / to converge / to meet (a payment)
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
to meet again after a long period of separation
to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
consultation (medical) / to meet for diagnosis / (by extension) consultation of different specialists
HSK 7-9
to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time
HSK 7-9
to meet with / meeting
HSK 7-9
to meet a challenge
to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet
to run into / to come upon / to meet
HSK 7-9
to meet / to rendezvous / to merge / to link up / meeting / confluence
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
supply does not meet demand
HSK 7-9
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
HSK 7-9
to meet with a rebuff
HSK 7-9
to meet face-to-face
to meet the eye / eye-catching; conspicuous
to meet (sb) for the first time; to encounter (a place, an idea etc) for the first time
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迎* | 迎* | *迎
to welcome; to meet / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
HSK 7-9
destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
to meet a person
to meet / meeting / conference
HSK 7-9
to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally. / It feels like we have known each other all along.
to meet / to run into (sb) / to get together (with sb)
(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku])
to meet / to encounter / to come across
HSK 7-9
to return sb's gaze; to meet sb's eyes / to look back (to one's rear) / (fig.) to look back at (the past); to reflect on
to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
to meet
to meet (in person); to meet with sb
to meet together / to assemble
to meet together / to assemble (of a group of people)
(neologism) to meet sb in real life after forming a relationship online
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
to gather / to meet
to join; to meet / to copulate; sexual intercourse
ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame)
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
HSK 7-9
destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *逢* | 逢* | *逢
to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon
HSK 7-9
to meet again
to get into difficulties / to meet with danger
HSK 7-9
to meet face to face / to meet in person
to meet / to get together
lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need
to meet head-on / face-to-face / directly
to greet / to go out to meet
a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
to see each other / to meet in person
to deliver a frontal assault / to meet head-on (idiom)
to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa) / to have an application rejected
(literary) to meet sb by chance; to run into sb
to interview / to meet
to meet with disaster / to die tragically
to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth
HSK 7-9
some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this
item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
to meet / to hold a meeting
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
(idiom) may never meet again; unlikely to meet again
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
to meet (or pick up) sb arriving by plane / (of airport staff) to deal with the arrival of a plane

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