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HSK
opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck
HSK 4
opportunity / chance / occasion / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency
HSK 5
opportunity; opportune moment
HSK 5
opportunity / turning point / juncture
HSK 7-9
employment opportunity / job opening
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *机* | 机* | *机
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
HSK 6
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
to take the opportunity / to take a plane
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凑* | 凑* | *凑
to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity
HSK 7-9
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
to look for an opportunity
to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance
HSK 7-9
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
to look for an opportunity
to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
to seize an opportunity
HSK 7-9
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
vehicle that gives one a free ride / (fig.) (ride on sb's) coattails; (take advantage of) an opportunity
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
business opportunity / commercial opportunity
to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities
to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
to pan for gold / (fig.) to seek quick profits; to cash in (on an opportunity)
to overtake on a bend (driving) / (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
critical opportunity
to take advantage / to seize an opportunity / in passing / without taking extra trouble / conveniently
HSK 7-9
chance / opportunity / destiny
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
to sit and wait / (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)
see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
to watch for an opportunity
(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
HSK 7-9
to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)
lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion
opportunity to live; hope of success / vigor; vitality
HSK 7-9
to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
to omit; to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)
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 watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
to ride the wind / to use a fair wind / to take an opportunity
fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
to have talent but no opportunity (idiom) / to be an unrecognized talent
to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
to let sth slip by / to miss an opportunity
opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
to seize the opportunity
a good chance / a golden opportunity
opportunity cost
opportunity for a fight / war
to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents
circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
opportunity knocks but once (idiom)
to wait for the opportunity
to brush past; to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity
harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity
opportunity / chance
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啧* | 啧* | *啧
(interj. of admiration or of disgust) / to click one's tongue / to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak
(literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally
chance and opportunity
to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead
lit. one's youth will never return / to make the most of one's opportunities (idiom)
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity
to seize an opportunity / to exploit (a loophole)
lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential
to take the opportunity / in passing
to take advantage of a favorable situation / to seize an opportunity


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